See video of skier getting trapped in a Utah avalanche before friends dug him out
“I cleared a hole to get some air,” he says after escaping Big Cottonwood Canyon slide.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A sign lets backcountry skiers and boarders know their avalanche beacons are turned on and working before heading into the North Fork Trailhead in Big Cottonwood Canyon on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. A skier was rescued from a slide in the canyon Friday.