A week after Vaughn Fetzer was reported missing on Blanca Peak, the fourth highest mountain in Colorado, friends found his body in an unstable area. Rescuers spent several days in freezing temperatures searching near vertical cliffs and scree fields but suspended the mission after a search team member was injured by falling rock in a […]
Ophir Pass
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Communication challenges in “terrain trap” contributed to deaths of three skiers in Colorado avalanche, report says
Communication challenges in a large group and a “terrain trap” were contributing factors in the deadliest avalanche in the state since 2013, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center’s report on the massive slide that killed three men near Ophir Pass in the San Juans on Feb. 1. A skier who was buried but survived […]
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Three Eagle County men feared dead in massive avalanche near Silverton
The Eagle County crew was ready for a couple days in the powder around Opus Hut in southwest Colorado, part of an annual gathering of highly skilled skiers. Monday afternoon on South Lookout Peak, three of the seven men were buried in a massive avalanche and are feared dead. The accident near Silverton comes halfway […]