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.

A fast-acting snowmobiler saved his brother from being killed in an avalanche in Utah — a death-defying feat his family is calling a “Christmas miracle.” Hunter and Braedon Hansen were enjoying the great outdoors at around 8,