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In seconds, the avalanche completely destroyed our home.I wondered why we had been so unlucky to lose it.
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It was our dream cabin-- 10,000 square feet of luxurious space over-looking a majestic waterfall on the backside of Mount Timpanogos, near the slopes of Robert Redford’s famous Sundance Ski Resort.It took my wife and I several years to design, plan, build and furnish it.
But it took only 10 seconds to destroy it.
I remember the afternoon as if it were yesterday. Thursday, February 13th, 1986, the day before our ninth anniversary. It had snowed about 40 inches that day. Still, my wife braved the weather for the 30-minute ride up the canyon from our home in Provo to visit our newly completed mountain home.
Taking our six-year-old son, Aaron, she left early that afternoon, stopping on the way to buy some ingredients for a cake to celebrate our special day.I was to join her later and bring Aimee, our nine-year-old daughter, and hunter, our youngest son.
My first hint of danger came at about 3:00 PM with a call from the Sundance ski patrol.
“There’s a problem at your cabin.You’d better come immediately.”
They gave no more details.Although I was behind deadline in finishing up a project, I left my computer and dashed up the canyon on snow-clogged roads.When I arrived at the ski-resort, the director of the resort and his staff greeted me with somber looks on their faces.
“There’s been a catastrophe at the cabin.We think your wife and son were there.Jump in my four-wheel drive.Let’s go.”
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By Robert G. Allen, LDS Living Magazine Nov/Dec 2003
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