Drone video gives breathtaking look at crews working to clear snow after historic avalanches in Utah
Utah SR-201 was closed for five days last week after numerous avalanches covered parts of the road with debris and snow piles up to 20 feet deep in some locations.
Watch: Drone captures video of crews working to clear snow after avalanches bury parts of Utah's Little Cottonwood Canyon
Breathtaking drone video shows crews working to clear snow after heavy snowfall led to avalanches in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon last week.
LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON, Utah - Spectacular drone video recorded in Utah gives us a bird's-eye view of crews working feverishly to remove copious amounts of snow following historic avalanches in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Connor Worth's drone can be seen zooming across the picturesque landscape, capturing breathtaking views of the snow-covered mountains, but then gets closer to ground level to give a view of plows working to remove the snow that covered roads and trails across the region.
A plow is seen working to remove snow from a road in Utah following avalanches in Little Cottonwood Canyon last week.
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In an Instagram post, Worth said SR-201 was closed for five days after numerous avalanches covered parts of the road with debris and snow piles up to 20 feet deep in some locations.
Several deadly and destructive avalanches have been reported this winter across Utah and Colorado. Avalanche watches and warnings have been routinely posted, warning skiers, hikers and others about the danger.
At the end of March, a shelter-in-place order was given after an avalanche stranded more than 1,000 people around the town of Alta.
Video from that area showed crews working to mitigate the threat of additional avalanches.
Watch: Avalanche sweeps down Utah mountain, covers skiers in cloud of snow
Video shows a group of skiers witnessing a large avalanche sweeping down Mount Timpanogos outside the Sundance Resort in Utah on Monday and enveloping them in a cloud of snow.
Another dramatic video showed a group of skiers getting the view of a lifetime when they witnessed a large avalanche sweeping down Mount Timpanogos outside the Sundance Resort at the end of March.
And according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, at least 10 people were killed by avalanches over winter in Colorado.