Avalanche safety: What are the warning signs
Since fresh snowfall indicates those who want to enjoy the outdoors in winter, it also carries the risk along with avalanches. Feel safer as you fall down the slopes while watching the signs of an avalanche.
Four skiers were killed in Utah on Saturday when they were buried by an avalanche, the Unified Police Department said.
Eight people were skiing in the Mill Creek Canyon, on the east side of the Salt Lake Valley, on the shore when the avalanche struck.
Four of the skiers were killed and four survived with minor injuries.
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The Avalanche Center in Utah warned Saturday morning that there are “dangerous avalanche conditions” in the state.
The avalanche occurred at an altitude of 9,800 feet on a northbound slope, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox called it a “terrible tragedy.”
“With a major avalanche danger, please be extremely careful,” Cox wrote on Twitter.
Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson said she was mourning the loss of life due to this devastating incident.
“We are saddened by the tragic news of four deaths due to an avalanche in the Millcreek Canyon area this afternoon,” she wrote on Facebook.
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Two other skiers have already been killed by avalanches in Utah this year.
A 57-year-old skier was killed in a Park City avalanche on Jan. 30 and a 31-year-old snowboarder died two weeks before, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.