Couple endures night stranded in high Uintas snow

Marina Knight
Jun 3, 2024

The Soapstone Pass area, which is remote and still snow-covered. Photo: Wasatch County Search and Rescue

SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah — Summit County Dispatch alerted Wasatch Search and Rescue to two stranded ATV riders in the Soapstone Basin area of the high Uintas on Tuesday, May 28.

“Both riders had spent a very cold night stuck in the snow,” a Facebook post made by Wasatch County Search and Rescue posted June 1 said.

After hiking some distance to get a cell phone signal, the party was able to call 911. Search and Rescue teams were able to locate the couple and evacuate them off the mountain.

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Marina Knight began her career in journalism working for The Stowe Reporter in 2003, where she was a staff writer and later the publication’s Web Editor. She covered the Winter Olympic Games in 2006 and 2010, and has worked as a freelance writer covering outdoor topics as well as art criticism. Most recently, Knight was Editor-in-Chief of SkiRacing.com. She has won multiple awards from the New England Newspaper Association for environmental reporting, feature writing and art criticism. She lives with her family in Park City. In her free time you’ll find her in the mountains

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