A 54-year-old man who was killed in an avalanche in the mountains east of Salt Lake City on New Year’s Eve unintentionally triggered the slide, according to a preliminary report from the Utah ...

Authorities urge caution as avalanche warnings persist in the Wasatch Mountains. SALT LAKE CITY — A split boarder was killed in an avalanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon that Utah Avalanche Center ...

A 54-year-old man was traveling at Silver Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon when he was killed in an avalanche Tuesday, officials ...

BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON, Utah — Search ... he was killed in an avalanche Tuesday. A skier from another party noticed the recent avalanche and reported the incident to Alta Central.

BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON, Utah (KUTV ... in upper Silver Fork, by Alta Central at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 31. The report came in as crews were already conducting an avalanche recovery operation ...

Alta Ski Area, and Utah Avalanche Center responded, found the individual with an avalanche transceiver and worked together to excavate the individual,” the report said. “He was buried ...

The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) is reporting that two avalanche-related deaths have occurred in less than one week as the state's snowpack is reeling from a dangerous persistent weak layer. The first ...

The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) is reporting that two avalanche-related deaths have occurred in less than one week as the state's snowpack is reeling from a dangerous persistent weak layer.