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Avalanche in Wasatch Mountains I-80 North, Utah
Avalanche January 18, 2020 · Wasatch Mountains I-80 North, Utah
What the National Weather Service wrote
An 18-year-old male was snowmobiling when he was caught, carried, and killed in an avalanche in Farmington Canyon. He was buried at a depth of 11 feet, which made rescue efforts difficult, and it took rescuers 50 minutes to reach his airway, and another 20 minutes to fully extricate him from the snow.
The wider storm
An 18-year-old male was caught, carried, and killed in an avalanche in Farmington Canyon.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 869337. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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