| Updated: Feb. 11, 2021, 12:30 a.m.
An avalanche in Mill Creek Canyon crashed down the north face of Wilson’s Peak on Saturday, killing four young Utahns in one of the deadliest slides in Utah’s modern recreation era.
One skier clung to a tree as seven others were swept away. Six were buried, and one was partially covered in snow, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.
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He used a transceiver to locate signals being transmitted by beacons carried by buried skiers, and dug down to two who were trapped under 3 to 5 feet of snow, Hardesty said.
“To see this occur,” he said, “and then have the wherewithal to go acquire the [beacon] signals and do not one but two full and deep burials and rescue two lives, is amazing.”
Four skiers died and four others were injured after an avalanche in the Salt Lake County. The skiers, ranging in age from 23 to 48, were reported to be at 9,800 feet elevation near Wilson Glade in Millcreek Canyon around 11 a.m. Saturday.According to the Utah Avalanche Center, the avalanche covered 250 feet of ground and the hurtled snow was 2.5 feet deep. All eight of the skiers were wearing beacons at the time of the avalanche, and one of the survivors experienced hypothermia and others were doing well, according to authorities. Conditions of the other survivors were not disclosed, but officials say they were able to locate and dig out the other four skiers, who had already died.The Utah Avalanche Center posted on Twitter, "we are overwhelmed with sadness to report" the deaths of the skiers. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox also posted on Twitter: "This is a terrible tragedy and our prayers go out to the victims and families involved. We are grateful to the first responders and
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Utah Avalanche Victims Identified After Winter Snowpack Kills 4 Skiers
02/08/21 AT 10:05 AM
Authorities in Utah released the names of four skiers who died after getting buried in an avalanche during a backcountry expedition over the weekend.
The U.S. Forest Service’s avalanche center reported that eight skiers were buried and four were killed while skiing the backcountry trails in an area called Wilson Glade, just outside of Salt Lake City.
The Salt Lake Tribune identified the dead as Sarah Moughamian, Louis Holian, Stephanie Hopkins and Thomas Louis Steinbrecher. All of the victims were in their 20s.
The newspaper added that six of the eight people caught up in the avalanche were buried, though two of the six were able to free themselves. The eight skiers were in two separate parties when a so-called “hard slab” broke free at 9,600 feet.