Avalanche, Sanpete/Sevier Valleys
- When
- January 2, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sanpete/Sevier Valleys forecast zone
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Avalanche in Utah, January 2, 1999
Two teenagers from Mapleton were killed when they triggered an avalanche in Fairview Canyon, 12 miles southeast of Fairview in San Pete County. The boys, ages 16 and 17, ventured out onto a snow cornice which collapsed, sweeping the pair 150 feet down the mountain.
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
Two teenagers from Mapleton were killed when they triggered an avalanche in Fairview Canyon, 12 miles southeast of Fairview in San Pete County. The boys, ages 16 and 17, ventured out onto a snow cornice which collapsed, sweeping the pair 150 feet down the mountain. Their bodies were discovered the next afternoon, while the snowboards remained on top of the hill.
Event by event
1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avalanche, Sanpete/Sevier Valleys | 1999-01-02 | 16 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
| Avalanche, Sanpete/Sevier Valleys | 1999-01-02 | 17 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
What these are
- Avalanche
- A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, January 2, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 3, 1999
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
- Ice Storm in South Carolina, January 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, January 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
- Tornado in Louisiana, January 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Utah in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, January 1999
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5680130.