SALT LAKE CITY – An avalanche killed four skiers and injured four others Saturday in a popular recreation area, making it one of the deadliest avalanches in Utah history, authorities said. All eight skiers had avalanche beacons, the department told the KSTU TV station. Drew Hardesty with the Utah Avalanche Center told the Tribune that the victims were experienced skiers who were well known in the community. The Utah Avalanche Center had deemed the avalanche risk in the area “high.” Hours before the avalanche, it tweeted out a warning that there was “High Danger. AdThe Deseret News reported that the last time four people were killed in an avalanche in Utah was on Feb. 13, 1992, at Gold Basin outside Moab, according to the Utah Avalanche Center.