Avalanche in Utah, December 16, 2000

Name: Avalanche in Utah, December 16, 2000
Start: 2000-12-16T16:00
End: 2000-12-16T16:15
Location: Utah

December 16, 2000 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 avalanche, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
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.

Event by event

1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.

Avalanche, W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete

When: December 16, 4:00 PM MST to 4:15 PM MST
Where: W Summit T Nw/Se Salt Lake/Wasatch X Sc/E Utah/P X E Juab/X Nw San Pete forecast zone
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT

Two Salt Lake County teenagers were buried in an avalanche north of Alta in Flagstaff Gully. One of the teens was riding a sled while the other waited below taking photographs. The sledder came off a cornice ridge, triggering the avalanche. The sledder was partially buried to his shoulders but managed to dig himself out. The other teen below was buried completely fro about 15 minutes. When the teen and other skiers who had gathered found the buried boy he was unconscious and not breathing. The teen was revived and airlifted to University Hospital, where he was treated for neck injuries and hypothermia.

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

Every storm in Utah in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Utah, December 2000

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: 5178434.