Fatal avalanche highlights Utah's dangerous conditions, experts say
Avalanche danger remains extremely high across northern Utah, prompting closures, ongoing avalanche mitigation efforts and warnings.
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Avalanche danger remains extremely high across northern Utah, prompting closures, ongoing avalanche mitigation efforts and warnings.
An avalanche in Pole Canyon that killed a 38-year-old man was 4,500 feet wide and 3 feet deep, traveling 2,250 feet into the canyon, according to an avalanche report.
The Utah-Arizona borders are at risk of springtime winter weather as lake effect snow hounds the area. Read more here.
The Utah Avalanche Center says five northern Utah mountain areas are at high risk of avalanche danger on Saturday.
Nearly all of Utah is included in a winter storm warning ahead of a “major winter storm” that can potentially deliver up to a foot of snow along with high winds.