
(Julie Jag | Salt Lake Tribune) Professional backcountry skier Elyse Saugstad, left, teaches the art of probing and shoveling while making a rescue during an all-women avalanche clinic at Solitude Mountain Resort on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. Saugstad and fellow pro backcountry skiers Michelle Parker, Ingrid Backstrom, Jackie Paaso, Lel Tone and Reine Barkered sold out both days of their all-day SAFE AS clinics over the weekend. It was the first time they had brought the clinics to Utah since 2013.