Now, officials are warning of further danger in the state this weekend] Their father was stuck down the hill and at the bottom of the avalanche, but switched his avalanche transceiver — a device that emits a radio signal that can be picked up by other transceivers in the area — into search mode.
Utah brother who triggered backcountry avalanche saves sibling buried under the snow The brothers and their father were out with their father on Christmas Eve.
“On December 26, We went up to the scene of the accident and recovered the bent-up and broken sled and a badly ripped airbag that the older brother had deployed when he was caught by the avalanche.
He was able to ride off its northern side but watched as the avalanche swept up and carried his older brother, who had been standing next to him and below the slope.
The older brother broke his leg in the accident, but was able to ride out of the backcountry with his younger brother.
