Utah, avalanche

A 37-year-old man was killed in an avalanche in the Utah backcountry while snowmobiling Monday, authorities said. Scott Wright, from Evanston, Wyoming, was snowmobiling with a friend in the Monte ...
Scott Wright, 37, was out with a friend at the time of the accident Photo courtesy Utah DPS A 37-year-old man is dead after being buried in snow during an avalanche while riding a snowmobile in ...
A snowmobiler has died after becoming trapped under “monster slabs of snow” during an avalanche in Utah, according to a press release from the Rich County Sheriff’s Office. On Monday ...
A large avalanche has closed a section of a central Idaho highway, and officials say the road will remain closed "until ...
From rescuing errant skiers to monitoring avalanches, the unsung heroes of the mountains put one writer through his paces ...
The Salt Lake Evening Chronicle, Feb. 14, 1885. Image via Utah Digital Newspapers, the University of Utah On Valentine's Day ...
“Whenever we have a thin early-season snowpack, that's when we see most avalanche accidents, incidents, fatalities,” he said.