The Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office also released the name of the second occupant, who remains hospitalized.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Albion Basin in Little Cottonwood Canyon in 2022. The Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office has released the names of the two people in a small plane that crashed in Albion Basin on August 31, 2025 — killing one and injuring another.
Investigators have released the names of the two people who were in a small plane when it crashed Sunday afternoon in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
One, named Christopher Marx, 55, died at the scene, the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday. The other, Alex Dulude, 40, remains in critical condition at University of Utah Hospital; he was flown there by medical helicopter on Sunday.
No other information about either of the men was immediately released Tuesday.
The plane crashed in the area of Albion Basin, about a mile east of the town of Alta, at about 5:21 p.m. Sunday.
People recreating in the area responded to the crash site, along with Alta town marshals and United Fire Authority crews.
Two federal agencies, the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board, are investigating the crash and expected to complete their work at the site later Tuesday, the sheriff’s office said in a statement.
Once they are done, the area will reopen to the public, the sheriff’s office said.