Hi, I’m Lora. I am a wife and mother who loves taking her family on “adventures” and enjoys serving my country and community. Our life as a family started out with both adventure and service when my husband and I met on the Utah County Search and Rescue Team. Now, 10 years later, we have added four more adventurers to our crew, each with different personalities that challenge us to expand our horizons and try new things.
I grew up just outside of Payson, UT. I loved being able to go out my back door and be up on West Mountain exploring with my big sister. We found “dinosaur bones”, geodes, clay, and made our own treehouse club. After graduating from Payson High School I completed my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at BYU.
I moved to Washington, DC to complete a Presidential Management Fellowship and Glen joined me there after we were married in the Salt Lake City Temple. While there I worked for the Department of State and the Pentagon. My favorite experience was traveling to North Africa and the Middle East to conduct security reviews at Embassies in Tunis, Cairo, and Damascus.
Now I spend my time keeping track of our four little adventures. As a family we love going on adventures close to home and far away. We have enjoyed the zoo, the America West Heritage Center, Golden Spike State Park, Zions, the Grand Canyon in Arizona, skiing in Montana, and seeing whales in California. We look forward to many more opportunities for adventure and service as our family grows up.
My name is Lora and I am a member of the Kanesville, Utah Stake.
If you're interested in Search and Rescue you can find out more information on-line.
Utah County Search and Rescue
"The Utah County Sheriff’s Office Search and Rescue team is comprised of about 50 volunteers, from all walks of life, who contribute their time and skills to help others in need. They typically respond to over 100 rescue missions per year. The team members have expertise in many aspects of rescue, including technical (high angle) rescue, low angle rescue, swift-water rescue, open water, dive rescue and recovery, K-9, man-tracking, ice rescue, cave, ELT (downed aircraft), avalanche, mass casualty, evacuations, medical and many others."
Weber County Search and Rescue
"Weber County Search & Rescue (WCSSAR) is an extension of the Weber County Sheriff's Department and is made up of dedicated men and women that volunteer their time and abilities to provide search and rescue services for Weber County and the surrounding areas.
WCSSAR is an organization of professionals that are dedicated to saving lives 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
The organization consists of seven specialized teams: Mountain Rescue, Swift Water Rescue, Winter Rescue, Under Water Recovery, Canine Search, Mounted Posse, Off-highway Vehicles, Preventative Search and Rescue."
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| Anatomy of a slab avalanche from fsavalanche.com |
- A link to Avalanche.org
- Where to call to get daily avalanche information:
"For up-to-date back country snow conditions in the Northern Utah area, call the U.S. Forest Service Avalanche Forecast Center at (801) 378-4333. Forecasts are updated by 7:30 a.m. daily. Listen in regularly to get a better picture of what you’ll find hidden beneath the latest snowfall."
