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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. ....

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