Posted: 9:06 PM- Calm winds, warmer temperatures and sunny skies this weekend are expected to increase the avalanche danger along the Wasatch mountain range.
"These are conditions that will produce a lot of avalanches," said Utah Avalanche Center
According to Bruce Tremper, director of the U.S. Forest Service's Utah Avalanche Center, Utah averages about 100 unintentional, human-caused avalanches a year. About 20 people get caught in those avalanches each year, resulting in an average of four
A snowmobiler was killed Monday when an avalanche buried him for more than an hour in Wasatch County.
Wayne Dale Christensen, 40, was riding with a group of friends about 3 p.m. Monday on the popular Co-Op Trail in Strawberry Valley, said Wasatch
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Thousands of people on skis, snowshoes or snowmobiles are expected to hit the Utah backcountry on New Year's Day, despite the danger of avalanches that have claimed two lives this season.
"I want to caution people to play it
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - This weekend is shaping up to be the perfect storm for avalanches - not that we're going to have any more winter storms. The forecast is actually for sun and warmer temperatures. The weather should be the best we've had in
Updated: 10:35 AM- A telemark skier found himself trapped under snow and unable to breathe Sunday on an in-bounds run at Snowbasin resort, but was saved when his friend dug him out.
However, resort general manager Denzel Rowland is stopping short
Several traffic accidents were attributed to the snowy weather, including two accidents with minor injuries and a jack-knifed semitrailer that briefly closed U.S. Highway 6 in Spanish Fork Canyon.
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Utah County was hit hard by a
As another winter storm heads toward Colorado and prepares to dump more snow, some have increased avalanche fears in a season where there seems to be more than usual.
In much of the West, avalanche warnings have popped up this winter like daisies in