Snowboarder dies after buried in snow on Park City Mountain run
The sheriff’s office has not identified the snowboarder, but said he was from out of state.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Snow machines at Canyons Village, Park City Mountain Resort, on Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024.
A snowboarder has died after being found buried in snow on a Park City Mountain run on Wednesday.
The Summit County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to a report before 11 a.m. of an injured snowboarder. When they arrived near the Alley run at Canyons Village, they found the 55-year-old man buried in snow.
Ski patrollers and a family member dug the man out of the snow before he was transported to an on-site medical facility where he later died after receiving life-saving care.
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