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9PM: At least 1 person buried in Park City avalanche
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PARK CITY Officials on Sunday recovered the body of a Park City man who died in a Summit County backcountry avalanche the day before.
Kurt Damschroder, 57, was caught in the avalanche triggered while he and another skier were recreating in the Square Top area outside the Canyons Village area of Park City Mountain Resort.
Summit County Sheriff s Lt. Andrew Wright said Sunday that Damschroder s body was recovered about 11 a.m. Sunday after mitigation efforts made the area safer to approach. He was buried in about 4 feet of snow, Wright said.
KSL TV
9PM: At least 1 person buried in Park City avalanche
KSL TV
PARK CITY Officials on Sunday recovered the body of a Park City man who died in a Summit County backcountry avalanche the day before.
Kurt Damschroder, 57, was caught in the avalanche triggered while he and another skier were recreating in the Square Top area outside the Canyons Village area of Park City Mountain Resort.
Summit County Sheriff s Lt. Andrew Wright said Sunday that Damschroder s body was recovered about 11 a.m. Sunday after mitigation efforts made the area safer to approach. He was buried in about 4 feet of snow, Wright said.
PARK CITY Summit County officials say a 31-year-old Clinton man died Friday after being buried in an avalanche on backcountry slopes near Park City.
He was identified Monday as Kevin Jack Steuterman, Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez said in a tweet. Our hearts break for the Steuterman family and friends, Martinez said.
According to a news release from Summit County Sheriff s Lt. Andrew Wright, authorities received word about the avalanche in the Dutch Draw area about 10:09 a.m. The caller said she saw her boyfriend try to snowboard down steep backcountry terrain when the avalanche began and caught him up.
| Updated: Jan. 9, 2021, 1:12 a.m.
A 31-year-old man from Clinton, Utah, died after being caught in an avalanche Friday in the backcountry near Park City Mountain Canyons Village.
He has not been named yet because his family has not been notified.
The man’s girlfriend saw the man get caught in an avalanche as he tried to snowboard down a steep slope, according to a news release from the Summit County Sheriff’s Office. Numerous agencies, including Summit County Search and Rescue, Park City Fire District and Park City Mountain Ski Patrol helped search for the man. A Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter deployed avalanche control measures so that rescuers could safely ride snow machines to the area where the avalanche happened.
Credit Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez
The crisis of surging Covid cases is still making headlines in Utah, and a mask order is now in effect state-wide.
But Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez said that at this time, his department isn’t burdened with calls to be a Mask-Mandate Enforcer.
Sheriff Martinez, speaking to Randy Barton during the Local View, said a mask mandate has been in place in Summit County since the summer, so they haven’t had to change their operations.
He said the business community has stepped up to help make the mask order work.
We asked him if Dispatch is getting calls from locals pointing a finger at neighbors who aren’t wearing masks or not distancing.