Snowmobiler dead in Utah avalanche, third fatal slide in week across state
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A snowmobiler was found dead after being buried in an avalanche in rural Utah, authorities said Monday, marking the state’s third fatal slide in a week.
The Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office said the 45-year-old man from Rose Park, Utah, was reported buried Sunday in the slide in the Snake Creek area west of Midway.
Unstable conditions prevented rescuers from remaining at the debris field. Due to the ongoing avalanche danger, search efforts were suspended throughout the night.
The search resumed at 7 a.m. Monday and avalanche mitigation efforts to safely enter the slide path began, officials said.
Search and rescue teams recovered the man’s body on Monday after taking precautions to reduce avalanche danger. (Wasatch County Search and Rescue)
The man’s body was found shortly before 9 a.m., according to the sheriff’s office. His identity was kept secret upon the notice of his family.
The latest death follows two other avalanche deaths last week.
The most recent deadly avalanche occurred Sunday in the Snake Creek area west of Midway in Utah’s Wasatch County. (Utah Avalanche Center)
A father who was snowmobiling with his son in the Snake Creek area on Wednesday buried himself, the sheriff’s office said earlier. However, first responders were not able to reach the area immediately due to dangerous conditions.
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The son used his avalanche beacon to find his father and pull him out of the snow, the sheriff’s office said. Despite all his son’s efforts, his father died at the scene.
The father was not immediately identified.
The snowmobiler caught in the avalanche Sunday was a 45-year-old man from Rose Park, Utah, the sheriff’s office said. (Wasatch County Search and Rescue)
On Thursday, 11-year-old Madelyn Eitas of Rochester, Massachusetts, sank into a slide near Brighton Ski Resort while skiing with her family outside the boundaries known as The Rock Garden.
Once Madelyn was located, first responders began performing life-saving measures on her before she was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition. He died in hospital.
Avalanche danger remains “substantial” in the mountains in the Salt Lake area, the Utah Avalanche Center said Tuesday.
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“As a wet, warm storm brings rain up to 2,800 feet this evening, we expect wet snow avalanches to be larger and increasingly likely around the compass throughout the day,” a forecast from the center said.
Fox News Digital’s Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
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