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| Updated: 4:51 p.m. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People participate in a memorial bike ride along Wasatch Blvd in Salt Lake City on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, in honor of the four who died in an avalanche on Saturday, Feb. 6.
The streets were wet and brown puddles of runoff and slush pooled beside them. Above them, snow covered the mountains above Big Cottonwood Canyon and an icy chill filled the air. About 40 people, many wearing pink beanies over their helmets, mounted their knobby-tired bikes Sunday for a six-mile ride that formed part of a fitting tribute to the four skiers who died in a Feb. 6 avalanche in Mill Creek Canyon. The muddy bike parade started at The Gear Room in Cottonwood Heights and ended at the Hangar 15 bike shop on Wasatch Boulevard, where friends, family and co-workers of three of the skiers spoke about their shared zest for life. ....
There was a sound like an earthquake, and then a torrent of snow came tumbling down the slope in a backcountry area near Salt Lake City. The skier lunged toward a tree and clung to it as the avalanche rolled through, plunging him into darkness and tearing off his skis. ....
One of the survivors of an avalanche that killed four on Feb. 6, managed to escape death by clinging to a tree, something that is "very rare," according to the Utah Avalanche Center. By surviving he was then able to help save the lives of two others, strangers he didn't even know were in the area. Caption: KUTV: Jade Elliott reports ....