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Eventdex · Avalanche

WASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80

362794

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event_typeAvalanche
ncei_event_id362,794
episode_id60,365
begin_utc2012-01-28T18:22:00+00:00
end_utc2012-01-28T18:22:00+00:00
stateUTAH
cz_typeZ
cz_nameWASATCH MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-80
deaths_direct1
deaths_indirect0
injuries_direct0
injuries_indirect0
damage_property0.00K
damage_crops0.00K
wfo_sourceOther Federal Agency
episode_narrativeA large avalanche was triggered in the backcountry near Big Cottonwood Canyon, resulting in one fatality.
event_narrativeThree men, a skier and two split-boarders, went up Big Cottonwood Canyon on the morning of January 28th. They eventually reached Kessler Peak, and began to descend the west face, with one of the split-boarders in the lead. The man in the lead triggered a hard slab avalanche, which averaged 3 feet deep and nearly 1,000 feet wide. The avalanche ran 2,500 feet vertically. The man was buried in the avalanche, and the other two friends, who were above the avalanche path, began attempts to locate him. They eventually found him and dug him out, but he died on the scene.
year2,012

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