Overview
- The Feb. 21 slide occurred near the Butler Fork Trailhead around 10 a.m. while two men were backcountry skiing.
- Eight nearby skiers located and dug out both men before first responders arrived, according to the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
- A Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter hoisted the men to the Cardiff Fork Trailhead; Williams was flown to Intermountain Medical Center.
- The sheriff’s office identified the deceased as Kevin Williams, 57, and said the second skier, 48-year-old Joshua Lemon, has been released from the hospital.
- Forecasters at the Utah Avalanche Center report considerable to high danger across northern and central Utah mountain areas, with recent incidents raising the monthly death toll to four.