Backcountry skier swept into trees by avalanche dies
SILVERTON, Colo. (AP) — A backcountry skier who was seriously hurt when an avalanche swept her into some trees in Colorado has died.
It’s the state’s second fatal slide in a week.
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says the female skier was injured in a slide Tuesday on Kendall Mountain near Silverton, in southwestern Colorado.
She was descending an avalanche path below treeline with other skiers when the small slide swept her into a stand of trees. The center says she was rescued and taken to the hospital, but later died of her injuries.
She wasn’t immediately identified.
The avalanche danger in Colorado’s mountains is rated as moderate.
On Dec. 31, 39-year-old Christopher Thomas of Colorado Springs died after being caught in an avalanche while snowshoeing near Grays and Torreys peaks west of Denver.