Rescue workers recover third body in weekend of Utah avalanches; another man missing
SALT LAKE CITY Weekend avalanches in Utah's backcountry have now killed at least three people, and a fourth man remains missing. Rescue crews recovered the body of a 32-year-old man who was trapped while snowshoeing with a friend Saturday in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest east of Salt Lake City. The search for the man's friend has been suspended because of darkness.
A skier was killed Friday when he was swept up in an avalanche in the national forest. On Saturday, a man died after being buried in four feet of snow while snowmobiling in Wasatch County. Another man was saved after his snowmobile triggered an avalanche near Bountiful Peak.
The U-S Forest Service is warning that conditions remain strong for avalanches in areas that aren't controlled.
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