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Region offers rare extreme warning amid unprecedented avalanche danger


Region offers rare extreme avalanche warning
2 people die in separate Colorado avalanches
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Utah officials have issued a rare extreme avalanche danger warning for the Salt Lake region following significant snowfall.
On Wednesday morning, the Utah Avalanche Center advised people to avoid all avalanche terrain in the Salt Lake mountains, some of the most popular skiing destinations in the country, as avalanche forecasters issued their highest level of danger.
Natural and human-triggered avalanches are certain, the center said in a social media post. Avalanches may run historic distances and create new avalanche paths.
Utah has had only two days in the past four years with an extreme avalanche danger rating. This is the first time Salt Lake City has had one since 2013, which is as far back as the Utah Avalanche Center s online records go.MORE: Experts warn of lurking danger after several deadly avalanches in the backcountry ....

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Life Flight rescuers could see Saturday's Mill Creek avalanche 'was a dire situation,' pilot says


Life Flight rescuers could see Saturday’s Mill Creek avalanche ‘was a dire situation,’ pilot says
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(Screen grab) A screen grab image from Fox 13 footage of an Intermountain Life Flight helicopter crew that responded to Saturday s deadly avalanche in Mill Creek Canyon. Fox 13 is a reporting parter of The Salt Lake Tribune.
As an Intermountain Life Flight helicopter reached Wilson Glade in Mill Creek Canyon Saturday, pilot Richard Dobson and others scanned the mountainside where eight skiers had been caught in an avalanche.
It took them six or seven minutes to locate some of the survivors, he said. Dobson spotted four people along a tree line; one was conducting CPR on one of the skiers. ....

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