Authorities said that a 37 -year -old man was killed during Snowmobil on Monday due to an avalanche of Utabak Country.
Scott Light from Evanston, Wioming, was a Snowmobile with friends in the Monte Christ Snowmobil area near the line of Rich County and Cash County when an avalanche occurred. I said.
According to the Utah Avaranche Center, “Light was caught, transported, and completely buried in a large hard slab avalanche in the whiskey hill bell hill in Curtis Creek.
A friend looked for a light, but the center said that there was no avalanche transceiver signal. He couldn't find his buried friend, and his friend called 911 called for help.
There was no 73 -year -old North Carolina Hiker.
The 37 -year -old Snowmobiller was killed by an avalanche generated in Utabak Country on Monday. (Utah State Public Security Bureau)
Rich -gun search rescue started to find lights immediately after 3 pm
A 37 -year -old said that he was arrested, transported, and buried by slides. The man's friend could not find him and asked 911 for help. (Utah avalanche center)
Officials have said that the deep snow on the avalanche has prevented the rescuers from finding the light for nearly four hours. The search team finally recovered the light body at 6:30 pm
It was unknown how the avalanche was triggered.
Veteran skiers have found that their wife was buried in an avalanche on a desolate road using a transceiver.
Dave Sparks helped by the Sparks Heavy Rescue team, Fox13 Salt Lake City The method of sliding dropped was “very complicated”.
What caused an avalanche remains unknown. (Utah avalanche center)
“This was difficult because the slide was really big, so it was one of the big ones I saw,” said Sparks. “There was a snow slab with a thickness of 5 feet, a length of 12 feet. It's only a snow monster slab.”
Sparks said that backcountry could be attractive to many, but also “unpredictable.”
“This year is terrible snow, and it's the worst snow I've ever seen,” he said.
Outlet reported that the Little Cotton Wood Canyon snowboarder was involved in another avalanche early on Monday.
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According to the Utah Avaranche Center, light's death showed the first avalanche in Utah this year. The avalanche brought four deaths last year and saw three deaths in 2023.