The two snowboarders are expected to receive community service when they formally take their plea deal.
Author: Sawyer D'Argonne (Summit Daily)
Published: 5:59 PM MDT May 18, 2021
Updated: 5:59 PM MDT May 18, 2021
SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. — Evan Hannibal and Tyler DeWitt, the men who triggered an avalanche near the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels last year, are expected to accept a plea agreement next month, according to their defense attorney Jason Flores-Williams.
On March 25, 2020, DeWitt and Hannibal were backcountry snowboarding when they triggered an avalanche that damaged a remote avalanche control unit and buried the Loop Road above the tunnels 20 feet deep in debris. Both men were charged with a misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment for the incident.