So, just the other day, the big news locally was that there were two Utah Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawks that crashed near the Snowbird ski resort. Thankfully, the news has reported that there were no injuries, but knowing the news, hopefully that continues to stay accurate.
Because it happened near a popular ski resort, it seems there is plenty of footage of the incident. From what I see, one pilot may have not selected an even spot to land, but was unable to see that because of the white out conditions as they approached, creating conditions, that led one of the craft to strike the other.
However, all that aside, training the mountainous regions of the Unitas is not too unusual for the UNG, but it's interesting to note how dangerous that can be, as this is far from the first time that conditions there have caused Blackhaws to crash there. I'm sure there's even more if you include all the civilian helicopter crashes as well.
Here's the recent one:
https://www.ksl.com/article/50353784/no-injuries-after-2-blackhawk-helicopters-go-down-near-snowbird-
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna35704456
As a random thought to go with this, despite being made by the lowest bidder, the UH-60 is fairly resilient as far as helicopters go. It's surprising that with how often helicopters crash, the UH-60 seems to have a better than usual track record of it resulting in either minor or no injuries.
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