SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) – One man died after he and his father had been caught in an avalanche close to Breckenridge Ski Resort on Saturday, in keeping with Summit County Rescue Group.
SCRG stated a father and his grownup son entered a backcountry space referred to as Numbers exterior the Breckenridge Ski Resort boundary.
The couple was caught in an avalanche at about 1:00 p.m. The daddy was capable of dig himself out and needed to ski out of the realm to get reception to name 911 at about 1:40 p.m.
The daddy was taken to Breckenridge Mountain Clinic.
An accident investigation will likely be carried out by the Colorado Avalanche Data Middle on Sunday.