This morning, a search will resume for a man who is trapped by an avalanche after he was skiing with a friend in a canyon west of Utah Lake. macfox13 is in the area, gathering updates on the situation.
UTAH COUNTY, Utah — A man became trapped by an avalanche in a canyon west of Utah Lake Monday, and search and rescue crews resumed their work to reach him Tuesday morning.Sgt. Spencer Cannon with the Utah County Sheriff's Office said the victim, a man in his late 30s, was skiing with a friend and going from the Tooele County side of the mountain to the Utah County side. The man's friend called 911 before going to work at finding his skiing partner.
A search for the buried man began immediately Monday but had to be paused late in the night due to dangerous conditions. Officials reassured that their teams would be back first thing Tuesday morning to resume their search. The man and his friend fortunately did have beacons, which transmit and receive signals to help find buried individuals in cases like this. The friend also had a probe and shovel to help find the missing skier.
As of 8:30 p.m., Cannon said they were working to find his exact location. Search and rescue team members were transported up the mountain via helicopter.Cannon says the sheriff's office and SAR team hope this is still a rescue and not a recovery. Earlier Monday on the other side of the Utah Valley, another avalanche occurred near Sundance Resort, which resulted in an unusual"powdercloud" sweeping across the area. Nobody was injured.
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