Skier found dead after being buried by an avalanche in Utah
By Alta Spells and Alaa Elassar, CNN
Updated 6:04 PM ET, Sun January 31, 2021
Kurt Damschroder. (CNN)A skier died after being buried by an avalanche Saturday in the backcountry of Summit County, Utah.
Kurt Damschroder, 57, of Park City, Utah, was killed after he was caught in the avalanche, Summit County Sheriff Justin Martinez said in a tweet Sunday.
Damschroder was one of two skiers who triggered the avalanche in an area known as Square Top outside of resort boundaries near the Park City Mountain Canyons Village resort, the sheriff s office said in a news release.
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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.
Man dies in Park City backcountry avalanche
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SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah â A 31-year-old Clinton man died after being buried in an avalanche in Summit County Friday morning.
The man, who was later identified as Kevin Jack Steuterman according to an
obituary, was snowboarding with his girlfriend in an area called Dutch Draw near Park City Mountain Canyons Village when he triggered the avalanche. The girlfriend was able to call authorities and say she had witnessed her boyfriend buried after attempting to snowboard down the terrain.
According to
The Park Record, the couple rode the Ninety Nine 90 lift to the backcountry lift.
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