Utah’s ski resorts have struggled to open this season with little snow in the mountains, but it appears Utah’s avalanche season is already in full swing.

Utah Avalanche Center officials took to social media to warn about the hidden dangers in the state’s mountains, following an avalanche over the weekend that the agency investigated in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

The incident occurred near the Red Pine Lake area of the canyon on Sunday. A backcountry snowboarder was sliding down the slopes at 10,600 feet elevation within the lake’s drainage when they triggered a 150-foot-wide and 1-foot-deep avalanche that traveled about 200 feet, according to Utah Avalanche Center forecaster Brooke Maushund, who visited the site as part of an investigation.

The snowboarder was uninjured, but the incident

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