{"id":27076,"date":"2024-05-10T04:47:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T09:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=27076"},"modified":"2024-05-10T04:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T09:47:12","slug":"2-skiers-dead-1-rescued-after-utah-avalanche","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=27076","title":{"rendered":"2 skiers dead, 1 rescued after Utah avalanche"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Two missing skiers are dead and a third man was rescued after an avalanche Thursday near the Lone Peak Summit area in Utah&#8217;s Wasatch Range, officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Search-and-rescue crews had been looking throughout the day for the two missing men, ages 23 and 32, who have been confirmed dead, Greater Salt Lake Police Sgt. Aymee Race said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The skiers&#8217; identities have not been released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Emergency crews responded to the mountain at 10:50 a.m. local time for reports of an avalanche and three missing skiers, Race said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The third skier was able to dig himself out after he became trapped and was taken to a local hospital, where he helped officials, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Rescuers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksl.com\/article\/51008073\/rescuers-searching-for-skiers-trapped-in-little-cottonwood-canyon-avalanche\">used a helicopter hoist<\/a>&nbsp;to lift him off the mountain, NBC affiliate KSL of Salt Lake City reported. Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera told the station she believes he is the one who made the initial emergency call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The three men are friends who went up to ski together Thursday morning, Rivera said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Officials believe that the group left early in the morning and that it took them five hours to reach the &#8220;very remote&#8221; area where they were skiing, Race said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">All three were wearing avalanche gear and were experienced with backcountry skiing, officials said, according to KSL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The avalanche is thought to have occurred in the Big Willow area in Lone Peak Canyon, just off Little Cottonwood Canyon, according to KSL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Rivera told the station that the avalanche area is \u201cquite a ways back\u201d on the mountain and that it was \u201cgoing to take some time\u201d to reach the two skiers but that they had been spotted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Conditions were too dangerous to continue the search effort Thursday, and it has been postponed until 6 a.m. Friday, Race said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/2-skiers-dead-1-rescued-utah-avalanche-rcna151574\">Nbcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two missing skiers are dead and a third man was rescued after an avalanche Thursday near the Lone Peak Summit area in Utah&#8217;s Wasatch Range, officials said. Search-and-rescue crews had been looking throughout the day for the two missing men, ages 23 and 32, who have been confirmed dead, Greater Salt Lake Police Sgt. 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