Watch incredible moment skier films himself being wiped out by massive avalanche

'Let me tell you there is no worse feeling than having your little brother buried'

This is the incredible moment a snowmobiler caught an oncoming avalanche on camera that buried him and his brother in Utah's mountains.

Miles Penrose had to dig out his little brother after he desperately tried to warn other skiers about the tonnes of powder snow hurtling towards them in Uintas on Saturday.

"As I finished recording my brother playing in the pow, the mountain shook. My original thought was... earthquake. [Then] it [hit] me, avalanche. As I turned and looked up I could see the snow wave coming," he wrote on Facebook after the incident.

He posted the video as a warning to other skiers to bring the correct avalanche proof gear. It shows the terrifying sight of a wall of snow blasting toward his group.

He swears loudly as he remembers his avalanche parachute and airbag used to keep him at the surface wasn't turned on.

Mr Penrose said he yelled at his brother to warn him of the incoming slide.

"A second later the snow hit and the swimming started. Somehow I only moved about 20 yards and stayed on top of the snow (MIRACLE). Only being buried to my lower chest I dug myself out", he added.

Miles managed to locate his brother calling his name and dig to find him
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"My little brothers sled was running and I could hear the yelling on the radio. I could hear someone in the trees, but I couldn’t figure out where. I ran to my brothers sled and turned it off. I now could hear him screaming my name."

"Let me tell you there is no worse feeling than having your little brother buried. I followed his voice and saw the top of his black helmet and his voice and started digging. About 60 seconds later I had his face uncovered."

He added his other younger brother somehow managed to outrun the falling snow. Amazingly nobody was injured in this avalanche but just hours before four people were killed after being buried in an avalanche in Millcreek Canyon.

The Unified Police Department has confirmed that the four deceased skiers are:

  • 29-year-old Sarah Moughamian of Sandy
  • 26-year old Louis Holian of Salt Lake City
  • 26-year-old Stephanie Hopkins of Salt Lake City
  • 23-year-old Thomas Louis Steinbrecher of Salt Lake City

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