Snowmobiler rescues brother from avalanche in Utah

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Those guys had ***, had *** very, very lucky Christmas Eve. Toby Weed is *** forecaster with the Utah Avalanche Center. He's describing an incident that took place late Tuesday morning. It was *** party of two brothers, and they went out for *** ride into the steep hollow area. One of them was, uh, riding across the slope or side hilling. Uh, across *** fairly large bow when he triggered the avalanche. Reed says that avalanche came down and caught one of the brothers. was carried about 150 yards by the snow before he was buried, uh. Down below. He says luckily both men had all of the equipment necessary for backcountry travel. The brother who was not buried, used his transceiver to find the brother who was buried, and um it got him pretty close and and when he got close enough, he could see *** couple fingers sticking out of the snow of his brother. And uh was able to dig him out. Weeds says the man who was buried had minor injuries. Both men were able to ride out of the backcountry, *** much different outcome compared to another avalanche that happened in Cache County 16 years ago on Christmas Eve. *** party of 4 young men rode up Providence Canyon, uh, and only about maybe 15 minutes from London. Uh, when, um, somebody, one of the, the party or two of the, the party of 4 triggered the avalanche. Two of the writers, 22-year-old Eric Jorgensen and 23-year-old Jesse Johnson, both from Utah, were killed. We spoke about some things that can be done to avoid those scenarios. Number one, always access and read the forecast. The forecast that day, it was *** considerable avalanche as it is the avalanche danger, and um that's actually the same danger that it is here in Logan today.

Snowmobiler rescues brother from avalanche in Utah

A man rescued his brother from a “large avalanche” he triggered while the pair were snowmobiling in Utah on Wednesday, authorities said.The brothers were in the Franklin Basin area of Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest when one of them triggered the avalanche while “side-hilling in a bowl beneath a cliff band in Steep Hollow,” an initial accident report from the Utah Avalanche Center read.He saw the slope “ripple below and around him” and was able to escape by riding off the north flank of the avalanche, according to the report.But his brother, who was farther down the slope standing next to his sled, was swept up by the avalanche, carried about 150 yards by the heavy snow and fully buried, the avalanche center said.Using a transceiver, the man was able to locate his brother underneath the snow, seeing only “a couple fingers of a gloved hand sticking out,” the report said.The buried brother was dug out and sustained minor injuries, according to the avalanche center. The two were able to ride back to safety.The Utah Avalanche Center warned that similar avalanche conditions will be common in the area and are expected to rise across the mountains in North Utah and Southeast Idaho ahead of the weekend.

A man rescued his brother from a “large avalanche” he triggered while the pair were snowmobiling in Utah on Wednesday, authorities said.

The brothers were in the Franklin Basin area of Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest when one of them triggered the avalanche while “side-hilling in a bowl beneath a cliff band in Steep Hollow,” an initial accident report from the Utah Avalanche Center read.

He saw the slope “ripple below and around him” and was able to escape by riding off the north flank of the avalanche, according to the report.

But his brother, who was farther down the slope standing next to his sled, was swept up by the avalanche, carried about 150 yards by the heavy snow and fully buried, the avalanche center said.

Using a transceiver, the man was able to locate his brother underneath the snow, seeing only “a couple fingers of a gloved hand sticking out,” the report said.

The buried brother was dug out and sustained minor injuries, according to the avalanche center. The two were able to ride back to safety.

The Utah Avalanche Center warned that similar avalanche conditions will be common in the area and are expected to rise across the mountains in North Utah and Southeast Idaho ahead of the weekend.

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