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2 Skiers Who Ducked Rope to Fetch Lost Ski Required Rescue From Aspen, CO Backcountry

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At approximately 2:41 pm on Tuesday, April 6th, 2021, the Pitkin County Regional Emergency Dispatch Center was called by Aspen Mountain Ski Patrol about two out-of-bounds skiers off Aspen Mountain, CO. Related: Drunk Snowboarder Rescued From Aspen Mountain, CO Backcountry After Leaving Resort and Getting Lost The skiers had exited Aspen Mountain underneath a ski boundary rope at the bottom […]
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Skier Survives 1,000-Feet Fall Down Main Gully on Mount Washington, NH After Binding Fails on First Turn

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At approximately 4:00 pm, on Saturday, April 3, 2021, a call was received for a skier that was injured after a tumble down a steep slope in the Gulf of Slides on the south-east side of Mount Washington, NH. Related: Mount Washington, NH: Home Of The World’s Worst Weather The victim was identified as 61-year-old Arild Hestvik of Newark Delaware. Limited […]
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Woman in Yoga Pants, Sports Bra, and Light Jacket Calls 911 From Top of Avalanche Chute After Getting Lost on Berthoud Pass, CO

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A woman was lucky to survive after making “errors too obvious to enumerate” and becoming lost between Mines Peak and Mount Flora on Berthoud Pass, CO. The 20-year-old woman was snowshoeing with her dog in the Colorado backcountry when she became disoriented on the top of an avalanche zone north of Berthoud Pass. After trying to call her boyfriend, she called […]
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