SALT LAKE COUNTY, Utah — A skier died while in the backcountry of a northern Utah ski resort Tuesday.
The Unified Police Department says 37-year-old Kyle Mortensen had gone skiing in the Brighton resort backcountry 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.
It's believed Mortensen struck a tree in the backcountry and fell into a well.
