Utah’s status as an up-and-coming mecca for outdoor and action sports companies has been bumped another notch as Ortovox USA Inc., one of the top makers of avalanche transceivers, announced it will be locating its new distribution center in the Salt Lake City suburb of West Valley City.
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The backcountry conditions right now around the West are rediculously unstable right now, but with snow piling up it can be hard to listen the warnings. Two Cottonwood Heights riders decided to risk it at Brighton yesterday and one barely escaped with his life.
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January 08 2009 |
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Just two days after an in-bounds slide claimed the life of a skier on the mountain, an avalanche smashed into a lift-top restaurant at Jackson Hole. No one was injured by the slide that trapped two and poured into the back door of the Bridger Restaurant at the top of the gondola at around 9:30 yesterday morning.
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December 30 2008 |
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While epic early season snow falls have the industry rejoicing, they are making for some sketchy snow conditions that have claimed the lives of at least six people so far this season.
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December 29 2008 |
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