The Summit County Sheriff's Office identified the Park City Mountain Resort employee killed after a tree fell on a chairlift cable as 29-year-old ski patroller Christian Helger.
Ski Patrol at Park City Mountain holds âpractice strikeâ to gather community support
Ski patrol calls for better pay, uniforms, sick time
and last updated 2021-02-11 22:26:31-05
PARK CITY, Utah â Main Street Park City was filled with a familiars sight for those who ski but to some surprise they were on the street and not on the mountain.
Armed with signs that said âNOT ON STRIKE, JUST PRACTICINGâ the Park City Mountain Ski Patrol enlisted the publicâs help in negotiations with their parent company, Vail Resorts.
âWe love this community and we love being in park city and working in park cityâ Lauren Macklin a Line Patroller told FOX13 during an interview, âObviously the ski industry is part of the heart and soul of Park City and I am proud to be a part of that.â
PARK CITY Summit County officials say a 31-year-old Clinton man died Friday after being buried in an avalanche on backcountry slopes near Park City.
He was identified Monday as Kevin Jack Steuterman, Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez said in a tweet. Our hearts break for the Steuterman family and friends, Martinez said.
According to a news release from Summit County Sheriff s Lt. Andrew Wright, authorities received word about the avalanche in the Dutch Draw area about 10:09 a.m. The caller said she saw her boyfriend try to snowboard down steep backcountry terrain when the avalanche began and caught him up.