SUMMIT COUNTY - A snowboarder died Wednesday afternoon in a backcountry avalanche, mile west of Arapahoe Basin on the south side of Highway 6.
The 20-year-old male was riding with two other male snowboarders in the Steep Gullies area, a popular backcountry spot outside the A-Basin ski boundary.
The three snowboarders triggered the avalanche at about 2:50 p.m. The slide carried the victim an estimated 1,000 feet, almost completely burying his body. It took the two friends 20-25 minutes to reach the victim and make a 911 call.
All three men were from Spring Grove, Ill., and two of them, including the victim, have lived in the Summit County area since November. The third had arrived for a visit two days before the incident. No one in the party was carrying avalanche rescue gear (a beacon, avalanche probe and shovel).
The victim's name is being withheld, pending notification of family members. The cause of death is also being withheld, pending further investigation. The victim wo
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Rocky Mountain National Park News Releases
News releases from Rocky Mountain National Park.
Rocky Mountain National Park Lyceum Series Continues March 13 & 20
Posted: March 8th, 2010
2010 Lyceum Series
“Wilderness: Of What Avail Are Forty Freedoms Without A Blank Spot On The Map?” Programs are free and open to the public. They are held at 7 p.m. at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center auditorium in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Temporary Closures to Protect 2010 Nesting Raptors in Rocky Mountain National Park
Posted: March 8th, 2010
Each year to protect raptor nesting sites, Rocky Mountain National Park officials initiate temporary closures in the Lumpy Ridge and Sheep Mountain areas of the park. To ensure that raptors can nest undisturbed, specific areas within the park are closed temporarily to public use during nesting season and monitored by wildlife managers. All closures went in to effect on March 1 and will continue through July 31, if appropriate. These closures may be extended longer or rescinded at an earlier date depending on nesting activity.
Rocky Mountain National Park Lyceum Series Continues March 6
Posted: March 3rd, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 7:00 p.m. – Driven Wild: The Automobile and the Making of Modern Wilderness
Estes Park News
News of Estes Park, Colorado, The Estes Valley, and Rocky Mountain National Park.
Feliksa Isles
Posted: March 12th, 2010
Feliksa Isles, “Felicia Garbowski,” 70, formerly from Boulder, Colorado, passed away Thursday, February 18, 2010, in St. Joseph, MO.
She was born January 6, 1940, in Poland, daughter of Anita and Ralph Garbowski. Feliksa graduated from Convent of Sacred Heart High School and attended the St. Stanislaus School in Missouri and University of Colorado in Boulder. [...]
Earl Samuel Poysti
Posted: March 12th, 2010
Reverend Earl S. Poysti passed away peacefully in his home in Estes Park, Colorado on March 8, 2010 at the age of 89. Born October 9, 1920 in Siberia, Russia, he grew up in the home of Finnish missionary parents who were called to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Russia during the Bolshevik [...]
Ima J. Leinweber Matthies
Posted: March 12th, 2010
On March 2, 2009, Ima J. Matthies passed away peacefully at home after a short battle with cancer.
She was born to Helen and Arnold Leinweber in Denver, Colorado on March 20, 1935. Ima graduated from Greeley High School in 1953 and then obtained her nursing degree from Denver University in 1956. While working on her [...]
Sky-Hi Daily News
Information for Grand County, Colorado including: news, sports, ski resorts, lodging, entertainment, real estate, and more.
Boarder dies in avalanche near Loveland Pass
Posted: March 11th, 2010
IT'S OPEN: Traffic moving on I-70 through Glenwood Canyon
Posted: March 11th, 2010
GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Interstate 70 through the Glenwood Canyon reopened about 3 p.m. this afternoon.
The Colorado Department of Transportation had been working on getting one traffic lane in each direction open on through the canyon since a rock fall closed the road early Monday morning.
Crews were able to open the interstate to one lane in each direction with a 14-foot width restriction, and speeds are reduced to 40 mph through the canyon.
CDOT Maintenance crews began clearing snow in the canyon early Thursday morning and began work to make the repairs necessary to open a single lane of traffic in each direction.
Crews cleared rock debris from all lanes which were brought down from yesterday's mitigation work removing a large boulder above the fall area. The blast brought down about a dozen larger boulders, and many smaller rocks.
Repairs to the elevated roadway's drainage system and roadway patching in numerous places where boulders punched holes in the road surface are curr
The Colorado Department of Transportation had been working on getting one traffic lane in each direction open on through the canyon since a rock fall closed the road early Monday morning.
Crews were able to open the interstate to one lane in each direction with a 14-foot width restriction, and speeds are reduced to 40 mph through the canyon.
CDOT Maintenance crews began clearing snow in the canyon early Thursday morning and began work to make the repairs necessary to open a single lane of traffic in each direction.
Crews cleared rock debris from all lanes which were brought down from yesterday's mitigation work removing a large boulder above the fall area. The blast brought down about a dozen larger boulders, and many smaller rocks.
Repairs to the elevated roadway's drainage system and roadway patching in numerous places where boulders punched holes in the road surface are curr
CDOT hoping to have I-70 reopened through Glenwood Canyon today
Posted: March 11th, 2010
GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Colorado Department of Transportation geologists returned from the rock mitigation site on Wednesday evening and were satisfied with the work that was accomplished.
According to a news release Wednesday night, CDOT officials are expecting to open traffic lanes later today through Glenwood Canyon.
Crews blasted the rock they were concerned with and there was a clean break from the slope. All the rocks that officials were concerned about were knocked down from the area above Interstate 70.
As a result, mitigation work will not be required today. Since the blasting brought down additional rock, crews will begin cleanup work on the highway this morning. Crews will also do drainage work and final pavement repair to prepare traffic lanes for travel.
CDOT officials are hoping to have one lane of eastbound and westbound I-70 reopen by the end of the day today.
The area near the Hanging Lake exit in Glenwood Canyon has been closed due to a massive rock slide since
According to a news release Wednesday night, CDOT officials are expecting to open traffic lanes later today through Glenwood Canyon.
Crews blasted the rock they were concerned with and there was a clean break from the slope. All the rocks that officials were concerned about were knocked down from the area above Interstate 70.
As a result, mitigation work will not be required today. Since the blasting brought down additional rock, crews will begin cleanup work on the highway this morning. Crews will also do drainage work and final pavement repair to prepare traffic lanes for travel.
CDOT officials are hoping to have one lane of eastbound and westbound I-70 reopen by the end of the day today.
The area near the Hanging Lake exit in Glenwood Canyon has been closed due to a massive rock slide since
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