Around 12:50 p.m. Feb. 19, the Volcano Rescue Team (VRT) was dispatched to a reported avalanche burial near Shoestring Gully, ...
When Kelly O’Keefe received the call explaining that his brother, Brian O’Keefe, 46, had been caught and buried in an avalanche near Midway, Kelly said he felt disbelief. He never thought that Brian, ...
The Utah Avalanche Center has released a report detailing the circumstances of an avalanche that resulted in the death of an ...
Utah avalanche forecasters say that an avalanche outside of Brighton Ski Resort that killed an 11-year-old girl last month underscores the risks of backcountry areas next to resorts. Madelyn Eitas, of ...
There was no immediate word on possible injuries, or an exact number of how many people could be trapped.
Recovering from a 400-yard-long “soft slab” avalanche, the survivors would have had mere minutes to try to locate the others who had been buried, then frantically try to dig them out.
The most recent of four avalanche deaths in northern Utah this season shows how dangerous conditions truly are, even for the most experienced and well-equipped adventurers.
In the wake of a Utah man's avalanche death earlier this week, his family is hoping to use his passing as a way to raise ...
New details on last week's fatal avalanche show the heroic efforts of three skiers who saved their companions who were buried ...
Crews responded to a report of an avalanche on Berthoud Pass in an area commonly known as Nitro Chute about 11:17 a.m.