Chris Detrick  |  The Salt Lake Tribune
Rescuers and their dog get out of a Wasatch Powderbird helicopter at Snowbird Saturday January 28, 2012. One person died in an avalanche in the backcountry between Big and Little Cottonwood canyons late Saturday morning. Unified Police Department Lt. Justin Hoyal said a group of three people were skiing on Kessler Ridge, an area that drops down into Mineral Fork Canyon in Big Cottonwood Canyon, when the avalanche was triggered at about 11:30 a.m.