Avalanche danger in Utah's northern mountain backcountry increased to 'high' on Wednesday morning.Forecasters with the Utah Avalanche Center issued an Avalanch
Forecasters with the Utah Avalanche Center issued an Avalanche Warning, spanning throughout northern Utah and southeast Idaho, due to heavy snow, rain and wind that overloaded slopes with poor snow structure.
According to the warning, very dangerous avalanche conditions exist, and both natural and human-triggered avalanches are likely through until Thursday morning.Two hospitalized after avalanche near Butler Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon The Utah Avalanche Center said people should avoid traveling in the avalanche terrain and stay clear of any avalanche runouts, particularly in the backcountry. Within the last week, avalanches claimed the lives of three people - including an 11-year-old girl - and a fourth person was hospitalized in intensive care. "In nearly all of these and many other close calls, the individual or party triggered the avalanche from below while in gentle terrain," the Utah Avalanche Center said in a statement. "It's not enough to be on low-angle terrain. You can collapse the slope and pull the avalanche down on top of you."The Utah Department of Transportation has planned a major groundbreaking for what it calls the first east-west expressway corridor in Utah County.The plan is toA woman has been missing since Feb. 14 after telling her mother she was leaving town because she believed someone was going to harm her, according to the West VFire crews responded to the scene of a large field fire burning on the property of a landscaping business in Woods Cross.The fire reportedly started around 10 pPhotos of a car that may have been involved in Monday night’s shooting in Sandy were shared online by police.Officials with the Sandy Police Department said theMuch of the second day of the Kouri Richins murder trial centered on the blood test results from her husband, Eric Richins.
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