The footage was taken in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, where a wall of ice and snow flew down a mountain and smacked into a state department of transport vehicle

The unidentified pair of brothers and their father were snowmobiling on Christmas Eve when the avalanche swept through.

Winter weather got the best of Utah's Little Cottonwood Canyon over the weekend when an avalanche shut down some traffic for hours and left some

You hear so many tragic stories of people getting buried in avalanches and not making it out, so I feel very blessed and lucky,” Hunter Hansen said.

A man in Utah rescued his brother who had been buried under several feet of snow by an avalanche on Christmas Eve.

Avalanche conditions in northern Utah are expected to become "very dangerous" due to heavy snowfall and strong winds. The Utah Avalanche Center warns outdoor enthusiasts to avoid backcountry terrain, especially slopes 30 degrees or steeper.

The Utah Avalanche Center (UAC) is reporting that two avalanche-related deaths have occurred in less than one week as the state's snowpack is reeling from a dangerous persistent weak layer. The first fatality occurred on Saturday,

Forecasters say heavy new snow on top of a weaker base creates backcountry conditions ready for an avalanche, an official warning was issued.

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According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s website, a person trapped under the snow following an avalanche might not have more than 20 to 30 minutes to survive. The department also said there are about 100,000 avalanches annually in the U.S., resulting in an average of 28 deaths.

State Route 210 in Utah has reopened following the Utah Department of Transportation's avalanche mitigation work.