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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah Avalanche Center is discouraging travel through the backcountry because of increasing danger from snow slides.
A wave of winter storms has dumped snow all over the state, especially in the mountains. Another round expected for Wednesday and Thursday could push the danger level from high to extreme.
The Utah Avalanche Center says steep slopes where snow has drifted in the wind are the most vulnerable. People are being discouraged from going to the backcountry until the conditions improve.
The avalanche center says a skier was able to escape two separate slides near Park City this week.
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