http://www.sltrib.com/feeds/topics/AVALANCHE News from The Salt Lake Tribune en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56316223-78/avalanche-utah-family-april.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56316223-78/avalanche-utah-family-april.html.csp">Utah avalanche season exacts heartbreaking toll</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56316223#2013-05-16T06:14:25.825-06:00/MAI/sltrib56316223#2013-05-16T06:14:25.825-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By Mike Gorrell</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Salt Lake Tribune</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-16T06:14:25.825-06:00">Updated May 16, 2013 06:14AM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Statistically speaking, Utah’s avalanche season could not have been more average. Four people died, equaling the average number of fatalities annually in snowslides around the state. But as Utah Avalanche Center forecaster Drew Hardesty observed in his emotional report on the 2012-13 season, the stories underlying the numbers are a reminder that tragedies are never ordinary and that this winter’s toll was particularly hard to take for avalanche-safety professionals. “In terms of the mark [the fa...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56316223@www.sltrib.com Thu, 16 May 2013 06:14:25 MDT