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This past year, Summit County Rescue Group volunteers responded to avalanches, lost skiers, hikers sinking so deep into the snow that they lost their shoes, trailside ankle injuries and off-road drivers who got their vehicles.
It was February 2010 and backcountry search and rescue teams and sheriff’s offices across Colorado were getting frustrated. Repeat signals from a personal locator beacon had been received since the previous December in locations from Berthoud Pass to.
It was a Tuesday in February 2011, and three experienced backcountry skiers, all local to the Aspen area, were skiing in an out-of-bounds area in the East Snowmass Creek Valley. On their third run, they exited.
Winter has arrived, and with the fresh snowfall many Coloradans are dusting off their skis and snowboards to head out into the Rocky Mountain backcountry as resorts begin to open for the season. But with.