Kalispell Regional employees, ski patrol save young skier
After collapsing during a ski race at Whitefish Mountain Resort, Erik Sanders is attended to by Dr. Tyler Hoppes in the gray helmet, Dr. Pete Heyboer in the orange helmet and nurse practitioner Rachel Desimone in the pink helmet. (Photo Stella Hobbs)
Erik Sanders meets Dr. Tyler Hoppes and Rachel Desimone.
Erik Sanders, from Colorado, stands on a tower outside of Eureka during his first visit to the Flathead Valley in 2019. He said he fell in love with the area during this trip and started making plans to move to Whitefish shortly after. (photo provided by Erik)
When taking into consideration Erik Sanders’ lengthy history of competing in extreme sporting events, the ski mountaineering course that was mapped out before him atop the Whitefish Mountain Resort in early January seemed simple, and almost easy, by comparison. ...
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