Skier killed in avalanche while taking avalanche safety course
The Denver Post
Colorado Avalanche Information Center/Courtesy Image
The skier who died Saturday after being buried in an avalanche near Red Mountain Pass in the San Juan Mountains was participating in an advanced avalanche safety course at the time he was killed.
All six skiers in the Silverton Avalanche School class were swept away by an avalanche they triggered in Upper Senator Beck Basin northwest of Silverton, according to a preliminary report released by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The first avalanche triggered a second one, burying one of the skiers in more than 8 feet of snow.
The others found the buried skier and dug him out, but he already was dead.
The skier, whom The Durango Herald identified as 40-year-old Peter Marshall, of Longmont, was the first avalanche fatality this winter, according to the center.
Read the full story via The Denver Post.
Support Local Journalism
Support Local Journalism
Readers around Glenwood Springs and Garfield County make the Post Independent’s work possible. Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality, locally relevant journalism.
Now more than ever, your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally. Every contribution, however large or small, will make a difference.
Each donation will be used exclusively for the development and creation of increased news coverage.