Utah, 2000

Avalanche in Utah, February 25, 2000

February 25, 2000 · NWS SLC · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 avalanche, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
2
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, Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder

When
February 25, 11:50 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
Where
Rich/Cache T Nw/P E C Weber/Most of Morgan/Nw Summit/Ne Salt Lake/X Ne Box Elder forecast zone
Injuries
2 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by
PARK/FOREST SERVICE

An avalanche occurred at the Snowbasin Resort in the Strawberry Bowl area around noon. It was about 100 feet wide and 150 feet long with a vertical drop of 400 feet. Five skiers were caught in the slide, with 2 being buried and the others partially buried. The two buried were quickly dug out, suffering only minor injuries. The others escaped without injury.

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.

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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: 5178682.