Search crews recover bodies of 2 backcountry skiers buried by Utah avalanche

Recovery efforts continue as a Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter lands in a staging area Friday, May 10, 2024, in Sandy, Utah. Two backcountry skiers were killed and one was rescued after an avalanche Thursday, May 9, 2024, in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City. in the mountains outside Salt Lake City a day earlier, officials said.

“And that instantly ramped up the avalanche danger,” said Craig Gordon, an avalanche forecaster with the U.S. Forest Service Utah Avalanche Center. The first climber was carried downhill on the right side of the ridge and partially buried. The other two were swept away on the left side of the ridge and buried, the center said.

Family members of the two victims were at the search staging area near Sandy on Thursday and Friday, Rivera said. The men, who were friends, didn't plan to ski down the face where the avalanche occurred, but they planned to ski in several other locations on Thursday, Gordon said.

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