SALT LAKE CITY ( ABC4) — At least one person is confirmed dead after an avalanche near the Alta area on Saturday afternoon.

Brighton, Utah • An avalanche occurred Saturday afternoon in Big Cottonwood Canyon, killing one person and injuring another.

Search and rescue crews are responding to an avalanche in Summit County, and people are being asked to avoid the area.

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One person dead and another person injured after12:48pAvalanche called in in the area of Alta (big cottonwood canyon) there are no specifics yet2 people involve ...

Coalville musher Wade Donaldson and his team of 12 dogs were about 60 miles into the 200-mile Idaho Sled Dog Challenge when ...

Scott Wright from Evanston, Wyoming, was out with a friend when his snowmobile was caught in a slab avalanche and completely ...

A 37-year-old man was killed in an avalanche in the Utah backcountry while snowmobiling Monday, authorities said. Scott Wright, from Evanston, Wyoming, was snowmobiling with a friend in the Monte ...

A snowmobiler has died after becoming trapped under “monster slabs of snow” during an avalanche in Utah, according to a press ...

Amid a steady stream of avalanches due to new snow and warm temperatures this week, adventurers determined to explore the ...

Carolina Hurricanes right winger Mikko Rantanen won’t play Saturday versus the Utah Hockey Club due to a lower-body injury.