Skier ‘grabbed a tree and held on for dear life’: How his quick actions saved two lives in Mill Creek avalanche
He quickly found others and dug them out from under the snow.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Search and Rescue members await the Utah Department of Public Safety heli team to arrive in Mill Creek Canyon on Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, to recover the bodies of four skiers died in an avalanche.
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.