Deadly Avalanche: Snowmobiler Killed In Grand County
GRAND COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) - Authorities from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center have confirmed the state's 10th avalanche fatality this winter following a snowmobiler's death Saturday. Details are preliminary at this time.
In a short Facebook post, the CAIC described the accident occurring on the east face of 11,843-foot Mount Epworth, just west of the Continental Divide and Rollins Pass. The slide began above treeline.
"When the avalanche stopped, the snowmobiler was buried underneath his sled on Pumphouse Lake," the post stated.
Other information was not made available.
It was the second death to occur Saturday. A snowboarder was killed when a large slide released on the southern slope of Mount Trelease in the morning.
CAIC statistics already have this year's total the fourth-highest number of fatalities on record (online statistics starting at 19510. Twelve people perished in Colorado avalanches in 1993 and 11 people died in 1987 and 2013.
