Skier killed at Snowbasin marks 3rd fatality in 2 weeks on Utah's slopes

A skier was killed in collision at Snowbasin Resort over the weekend.

A skier was killed in collision at Snowbasin Resort over the weekend. (Keith Johnson, Deseret News)


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HUNTSVILLE — A 35-year-old man was killed in a skiing accident at Snowbasin Resort on Friday.

The Morgan County Sheriff's Office confirmed Tuesday that the man, whose name has not yet been released, was skiing with friends about 3 p.m. Friday when he had a collision on the mountain. The Ogden Standard Examiner reported that the man crashed into a weather station near a tree.

The incident marks the third fatal skiing accident on Utah's slopes in less than two weeks, and the second of the weekend.

On Sunday, a 14-year-old boy died after colliding with another skier at Alta ski resort. On Feb. 3, Dr. Andrew Gagnon, 38, a transplant surgeon, died after going over a 100-foot cliff at Solitude Mountain Resort and then rolling through rocks and trees for another 500 to 600 feet.

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Pat Reavy interned with KSL NewsRadio in 1989 and has been a full-time journalist for either KSL NewsRadio, Deseret News or KSL.com since 1991. For the past 25 years, he has worked primarily the cops and courts beat.

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