Avalanche

The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, February 17, 2021.

Unusual conditions this winter have created more unpredictable and heavier avalanches than normal. They set the scene for a large avalanche that killed four skiers over the weekend, one of the deadliest avalanche accidents in Utah’s history.

Friday evening, Feb. 7, 2020Huntsman Chooses Running MateGubernatorial candidate Jon Huntsman introduced his running mate today: Provo Mayor Michelle…

On a frigid Tuesday evening, Brent Yatkeman is scrambling to save an avalanche victim buried in the snow somewhere on a ski hill near Park City, Utah. The…

A skier killed in an avalanche in Emery County on Friday marks the first fatality in Utah’s backcountry in the past two years. According to avalanche…

As skiers and snowboarders gear up for the season and what looks to be a snowy Thanksgiving weekend, snow safety forecasters are hoping this will be the…

Utah sees an average of four avalanche deaths a year.But this winter’s tally bucked the odds. It was the state’s first snow season in 26 years that no one…

The Wasatch Front’s first major winter storm of the season has brought several inches of snow, and with it an increased danger for avalanches.Mark Staples…