A man rescued his brother from a “large avalanche” he triggered while the pair were snowmobiling in Utah on Wednesday, authorities said.

Brothers snowmobiling in Utah backcountry near Idaho on Christmas Eve triggered an avalanche that buried one in the snow, officials said.

The family, who was not immediately identified, was in Cache County’s Logan Canyon when one of the brothers triggered an avalanche as he rode across a steep slope beneath a section of rock face, according to an incident report from the Utah Avalanche Center.

A Utah snowmobiler accidentally triggered an avalanche that buried his brother, whom he was able to save after spotting his fingers sticking out of the snow. The brothers and their father were riding snowmobiles across the slopes in the Franklin Basin area of the Utah backcountry near the Idaho border,

Braeden Hansen rescued his brother, Hunter, who became trapped in an avalanche while exploring a mountain in Utah.

Hunter Hansen was buried 2ft under snow after being hit by an avalanche as he traveled through the Franklin Basin, in Utah's famous Backcountry on Tuesday.

Image via Avalanche Center Brother of the Year award goes to this man. A Utah native almost died after getting buried by an avalanche on Christmas Eve, no less. Fortunately, his eagle-eyed brother was able to spot him,