Four skiers died after an avalanche in the United States

The police department informed the local press Received an Avalanche alert at around 11:40 am, After detecting a weak distress signal from a personal avalanche transmitter in Millcreek Canyon.

The avalanche caused by the skiers buried eight people, between the ages of 20 and 35, who formed two groups who wandered the area. Unified Police Sergeant Melody Cutler told the Salt Lake Tribune. The avalanche occurred 2,987 meters (9,800 feet), according to the Utah Avalanche Center.

The management told KSTU TV that all eight skaters were carrying their transmitters.

For their part, the survivors were able to get out of the snow and ice where they were trapped by their own means, but – according to the administration – their state of health is unknown. They found the other four people and removed, Who passed away already. Search and rescue teams from various agencies are now recovering the bodies.

While the names of the victims have not been revealed yet, Drew Hardesti from Utah Avalanche Center, Tell the pulpit that The victims were experienced skaters well-known in the community.

This center has warned that The risk of avalanches in the area was “high”. Hours before the avalanche, they noted from their Twitter account: “Large natural avalanches at night. Serious avalanche conditions. Stay on a low-angle slope.”

A total of 20 people nationwide died in avalanches during the 2020-2021 season: 16 of them were skiers or paragliders, according to the Tribune newspaper. On Thursday, the bodies of three people were found in the wreckage of an avalanche near Anchorage, Alaska.

AP Agency