(CNN) A snowboarder was killed after unintentionally triggering an avalanche near a Utah ski resort on Sunday morning. The snowboarder, identified by the Summit County Sheriff's Office as 45-year-old Raymond M. Tauszik of Salt Lake City, was "caught, carried and killed" by the avalanche when he was skiing down a slope, according to the Utah Avalanche Center. Tauszik was snowboarding alone when he accidentally triggered the 3-feet-deep and 100-feet-wide avalanche, according to UAC. He was leaving Canyons Village of Park City through the backcountry exit gate at the top of the 9,990-feet lift to Dutch Draw, the accident report readThe 45-year-old snowboarder was killed after triggering a backcountry avalanche. The avalanche center described Dutch Draw as "steep, rocky, avalanche prone terrain" which has been the site of other avalanche fatalities, including one in February 2012.

Source: CNN December 16, 2019 20:13 UTC