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Nearly 24 hours after the slide occurred, officials on Sunday recovered the body of a Park City man who died in a Summit County backcountry avalanche.

Deseret News Share this story Family photo PARK CITY — Avalanche risk prevented search and rescue officials from reaching the body of a skier who was buried in a slide outside of Canyons Village at Park City until Sunday. It required additional avalanche mitigation efforts for crews to safely reach the location where the body of 57-year-old Kurt Damschroder, of Park City, was found at around 11 a.m. Damschroder, a long-time resident of Park City, designer and avid outdoorsman, and his friend were skiing through the backcountry area known as Square Top, along the Park City Ridgeline, on Satu...

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 s...

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 s...

Avalanche warning: High risk in northern Utah The Utah Avalanche Center issued an avalanche warning for northern Utah on Saturday.  The risk of natural and human-caused avalanches is high in Logan, Ogden, the Uintas, Salt Lake, and Provo, the agency reports.  Avalanche risk is "considerable" in the Skyline range, the Abajos, and Moab area mountains.  © Provided by KUTV Salt Lake City Here's the forecast for high-danger areas from the Utah Avalanche Center:  Logan area mountains (Toby Weed, Utah Avalanche Center): Considerable danger on upper and mid elevation slopes with significant acc...