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This is a list of skiing deaths of notable people, in chronological order, ... Snowbird, Utah: United States: 2011-11-24 [9] Sarah Burke: 29: Park City, Utah:
A massive avalanche on a popular Utah mountain killed a skier and left another seriously injured Saturday. The fatal mishap unfolded around 12:45 p.m. on a Big Cottonwood Canyon mountain near ...
According to the Utah Avalanche Center, two skiers were caught in the avalanche and carried away. The Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office said it received the call about the avalanche at 12:48 p.m ...
A 37-year-old skier was found dead at a Salt Lake city resort Tuesday morning, the day after he was reported missing. Skier found dead at Utah resort day after he was reported missing Skip to main ...
On November 13, 2011, [3] Jamie Pierre was hiking at Snowbird Resort in Utah to snowboard some early season snow. The resort was not open and no avalanche control had been done. Pierre and his friend, Jack Pilot, were planning to ski the area known as South Chute. He triggered an avalanche that rolled him over rocks for 800 feet.
In 2019, Nobis was imprisoned in Iron County, Utah for driving under the influence. After his release, he failed to appear at a videoconference court hearing in 2021 and a warrant was issued for his arrest; he was arrested in February 2023. [4] Nobis died in a jail cell in Cedar City, Utah, on April 19, 2023, at the age of 52. [7]
Sarah Jean Burke [1] (September 3, 1982 – January 19, 2012) was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event. [2] [3] She was a five-time Winter X Games gold medallist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005.
Wright’s death marked the first avalanche fatality in Utah this year, according to the Utah Avalanche Center. Avalanches resulted in four fatalities last year, while 2023 saw three deaths.