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| Updated: 10:40 p.m. A Park City man died after he was caught in an avalanche near Square Top Mountain, the Summit County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday. Kurt Damschroder, 57, was skiing with a friend at Park City Ski Resort on Saturday when his drop down the mountain triggered the avalanche. His friend went to his aid and dug around Damschroder enough to perform CPR on him for about an hour, but the friend was forced to leave the area due to the dangerous conditions of the avalanche. After the search for Damschroder was called off Saturday evening, it resumed Sunday morning. Summit Co...

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.

UPDATE: The Summit County Sheriff’s Office announced on Sunday that the man buried in the avalanche was found dead. The man was identified as Kurt Damschroder of Park City. He was 57. “The Summit County...

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 sheri...

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...