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Avalanche in Wasatch Mountains I-80 North, Utah
Avalanche January 24, 2010 · Wasatch Mountains I-80 North, Utah
What the National Weather Service wrote
Following several days of fresh snowfall, a skier triggered an avalanche just out-of-bounds of the Snowbasin resort, in the area known as Hell's Canyon. He was caught, carried, and partially buried by the avalanche. By the time other skiers and rescuers got to him, he had already passed away.
The wider storm
A skier was caught, carried, and killed by an avalanche in Hell's Canyon, in the
Snowbasin backcountry.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 210909. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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