A skier died while in the backcountry near a northern Utah ski resort Tuesday.
The Unified Police Department says 37-year-old Kyle Mortensen had gone skiing in the backcountry near Brighton Resort and was reported overdue at 4 p.m.
With Mortensen’s wife able to provide GPS coordinates of his location, Wasatch Backcountry Rescue responded to the area and found him deceased in a tree well.This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aim to inform readers across the state.
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