www.oldsnowboards.com Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Sorry to hear about this Avalanche fatality in UT. Found a link here. An avalanche at Snowbird ski resort has killed one woman. She is identified as 27-year-old Heather Gross of Salt Lake City. Two doctors were on hand when rescuers used probes to locate Gross. CPR was administered on scene. Gross was flown to University hospital in Salt Lake City. She was buried in snow for close to one hour. The slide let loose from Snowbird's highest point, hours after the resort opened new terrain off 11,068-foot Mount Baldy. In that area, skiers have to hike for about 20 minutes before descending, according to Dave Fields, a spokesman for Snowbird resort. Fields said ski patrollers dropped hand explosives earlier in the day off Mount Baldy as part of avalanche control work there. The avalanche was reported around 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Snowbird officials say a witness reported the avalanche by cell phone. Rescue operations are now over. Searchers initially feared other skiers might have gotten buried by the same slide. Salt Lake county Sheriff Jim Winder says a thorough search of the debris field failed to turn up anybody else. Winder says it was an uncommon event inside avalanche-controlled ski resort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 A few more links: http://www.snowbird.com/imagelib/pr/Avalanche530update.pdf http://www.examiner.com/x-2028-Salt-Lake-City-Outdoor-Recreation-Examiner~y2008m12d14-Snowbird-avalanche-buries-at-least-one-skier http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=5084224 http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,705270509,00.html http://www.abc4.com/mostpopular/story/Salt-Lake-City-woman-killed-in-SnowBird-Avalanche/VxvwCawNfEa-6MEpnTBNwA.cspx http://forrestgladding.blogspot.com/2008/12/snowbird-avalanche.html "There's been a slide inbounds" are 5 words you never want to hear if you're an empoyee at a restort...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Donnelly Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 http://www.firsttracksonline.com/News/2008/12/14/In-Bounds-Avalanche-Traps-at-Least-One-Victim-at-Utahs-Snowbird-Ski-Resort/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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