Utah Avalanche Center

Avalanche center warns of considerable danger in N. Utah mountains

OGDEN — There is still a considerable to high chance for avalanches in the Northern Utah mountains, warns the Utah Avalanche Center.

The center issued an avalanche watch in light of the rapidly warming temperatures and direct sunlight expected through Tuesday. The weather easily creates unstable and dangerous avalanche conditions on all slopes, particularly on steep terrain facing east, west and south, according to the center.

The watch does not include ski areas or highways normally kept safe through avalanche control.

(KENDAL RUSSELL/Standard-Examiner) Utah Avalanche Center forecaster Craig Gordon leaves the parking lot by snowmobile after an avalanche caught a snowmobiler inMonte Cristo on Friday.

Snowmobiler escapes slide; more dangerous conditions await

MONTE CRISTO — A snowmobiler caught in an avalanche Friday, at the start of what forecasters expect to be a dangerous weekend, escaped with just an injured leg.

Though avalanches caused by skiers, snowboarders or snowmobilers have been sparse in Northern Utah, high winds and heavy snow settling on top of weak snow this week led to a slide.

The unidentified man was with three other snowmobilers on Whiskey Hill, just outside of the Monte Cristo trailhead on Highway 39, when he triggered an avalanche halfway up a steep slope around 11 a.m., said Craig Gordon of the Utah Avalanche Center.

Officials ID snowmobiler killed in Utah avalanche

RICHFIELD -- Officials are identifying a 34-year-old snowmobiler from Richfield who died in an avalanche near central Utah's Fish Lake.

Snowmobiler on the Daniels Summit Loop snowmobile trail near Heber City.
(WHITNEY CURTIS/STANDARD-EXAMINER)

Snowmobiler dies in avalanche near Fish Lake

RICHFIELD -- Officials say a snowmobiler has died in an avalanche near central Utah's Fish Lake.

Forest Service urges caution

OGDEN — The U.S. Forest Service issued a reminder Wednesday that new snow has made recreation in the Wasatch-Cache-Uintah National Forest more hazardous.

Avalanche warning still in effect today

OGDEN — The avalanche warning for the Ogden area remained high and bordering on extreme late Sunday.

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