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HUNTSVILLE, Utah (AP) -- A Snowbasin ski resort employee was hospitalized after he was injured while conducting avalanche control.
Winds were high in the area between the Strawberry Express ski lift and the White Room run on Monday. The 57-year-old man, a member of the resort's ski patrol, injured his lower back and got a large cut on his thigh after striking a large rock.
He was in good condition at an area hospital.
The man and a partner were doing a procedure called ski cutting, in which ski patrol tests the slope to check for avalanche vulnerability and then releases small controlled avalanches.
Mike Jenkins, mountain manager for Snowbasin, says this is the first serious injury to a ski patrol member doing avalanche control in about 10 years. Snowbasin employs about 40 full-time ski patrol members.
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Information from: Standard-Examiner
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