SANPETE COUNTY, Utah — Brinley Bailey rode proudly on her turquoise snowmobile with a fierceness in her eyes and a smile on her face. It is one of the many things her loved ones will miss most about her.

“She was the light of our lives,” said Keith Bailey, her father.

At around 1pm on Saturday, the 16-year-old was riding her bike ahead of her fell from a steep embankment in the White Hills area near Gunnison and died from the fallaccording to the Sanpete County Sheriff’s Office.

Brinley, a junior at North Sanpete High School, has made a big impact on everyone around her. On Monday, her teachers, friends and family wore blue — her favorite color.

At her family’s home, a collection of “We love you Brinley” signs hung on their front door.

Laine Cook, her yearbook teacher, said she is a special person.

“Her personality was extremely different from any other student I’ve taught just because she was very kind all the time,” Cook said. “He always had a smile on his face.”

Brinley, the oldest of four daughters, was a loving older sister. Her parents, Keith and Jennifer Bailey, said she had an unforgettable spirit.

“She was an amazing big sister, an amazing daughter — she taught us so much,” her father said. “She was always happy and had an infectious smile and a light that radiated from her.”

Brinley loved her family, God and snowmobile racing. She and her family traveled the country and competed together, her father said.

Brinley was usually quiet, but that changed quickly whenever someone brought in a snowmobile.

“All you had to do was ask her about it and she’d go on and on,” her father said with a laugh.

Whenever he set his mind to something, he went after it.

“She made lists,” her mother Jennifer Bailey said with a smile. “She would follow that list and check everything off.”

Brinley and her younger sister, Breanne, were inseparable. Breanne said she doesn’t know what she’ll do without her big sister.

“It touched so many people,” Breanne said. “I know why this is happening. He deserves to go to heaven more than anyone I know.”

The Baileys said they are getting through this difficult time through faith and support from family and friends.

“Our faith in Jesus Christ and the power of prayers from our community, our family and friends,” he said. “That’s what gets us through.”