Snowboarder caught in avalanche near Brighton Resort

From KSL.com

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Snowboarder caught in avalanche near Brighton Resort
December 13th, 2007 @ 2:46pm
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A snowboarder was caught and partially buried in avalanche outside Brighton Resort on Thursday.

Resort manager Randy Doyle says the 24-year-old man and two friends left the resort boundaries and were in an area known as Pioneer Ridge. The three triggered the slide about 1:30 p.m. on a north facing slope, and the man was dragged under.

Doyle says the man was only partially buried and his friends dug him out. He was not seriously injured.

None of the men carried avalanche gear.

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:nonono2::nonono2:

They were just doing their part to thin the herd......

latest report (13tv) is 2 people in separate incidents were caught in avys around Brighton today.
The other kid was 20yrs old. looked like he got a little banged up .... and I'm gonna go out on a limb and say he didnt have avy gear too:nonono2:

I saw footage on our local news here. 1 snowboarder, 2 skiers, 1 one of the skiers was bleeding from the face pretty profusely.