James Taylor — Nearly $17 million to inevitably attract more tourists on e-bikes to a wilderness area, eh? Calls for expanded bike paths are growing, citing safety.
The March 19 slide killed one in a group of three experienced and informed backcountry skiers who had avalanche education and carried safety equipment, including airbag backpacks.
Three backcountry skiers were caught in an avalanche and one was killed in the Maroon Bowl on Sunday afternoon, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office. Search and rescue crews recovered the body of the person killed and transported the two survivors back to safety before dark Sunday night.