Snowboarder Dies In Avalanche Near The Canyons

by The Editors on February 24, 2012

Canyons StltTimothy Robert Baker, a 24-year-old snowboarder from Salt Lake City, Utah died Thursday, February 23, 2012 after being buried in an avalanche in Dutch Canyon area just outside the boundaries of The Canyons ski resort, according to a story in the Salt Lake City Tribune.

Baker was riding his snowboard . . . near the Ninety-Nine 90 Express lift when he triggered the avalanche at about 3 p.m., said Summit County sheriff’s Sgt. Ron Bridge. . . “His friends were on the side watching him go across the mountain,” Bridge said. . . The snow slab started to shift underneath a cliff where unstable snow pellets had pooled, according to the Utah Avalanche Center. Baker was swept down the mountain into Dutch Draw, a basin to the southeast of the resort.

According to the story neither Baker nor his friends were equipped with avalanche transceivers. Our thoughts are with Baker’s family and friends.

[Link: Salt Lake City Tribune]

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