Two Skiers Dead After Being Buried in Utah Avalanche: ‘Extremely Scary’

A pair of backcountry skiers died after they were hit by an avalanche Thursday in the mountains outside Salt Lake City in Utah, authorities said.

Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera said rescue teams went to the area close to Lone Peak in the Wasatch Range after the avalanche was reported. She said that she believed the 911 call made at around 10 a.m. was made by a survivor of the snowslide.

“He was able to dig himself out,” Rivera told The Salt Lake Tribune. “He was in pretty fair conditions other than mentally going through something like this is extremely scary.”

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