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All cases in the list below are from alpine or downhill skiing activities; no skiers have been known to have died during any cross-country event, or in any major international ski jumping competitions (e.g. FIS Ski Jumping World Cup, FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup, FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, and the Olympic Games), though many ski ...
Two men aged 23 and 32 killed, while one skier managed to dig out and was taken to hospital by rescuers
Two backcountry skiers were killed and one was rescued after an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City that occurred after several days of spring snowstorms, authorities said.
Rivera said they were experienced skiers who were prepared for the skiing. About 2.5 feet (76 centimeters) of heavy, wet snow fell in the area in the past three days during storms that also brought very strong winds, he said. “With spring, avalanche conditions can change in an instant,” Gordon said. ___ Hanson reported from Helena, Montana.
Two missing skiers are dead and a third man was rescued after an avalanche Thursday near the Lone Peak Summit area in Utah's Wasatch Range, officials said.
A massive avalanche on a popular Utah mountain killed a skier and left another seriously injured Saturday. The fatal mishap unfolded around 12:45 p.m. on a Big Cottonwood Canyon mountain near ...
Officials in Wyoming confirmed the death of a 36-year-old skier following an avalanche at a mountain pass over the weekend. The avalanche occurred on Saturday at Togwotee Pass in Teton County ...
Search crews on Friday recovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who were swept away and buried by an avalanche in the mountains outside Salt Lake City a day earlier, officials said. The men ...