Backcountry snowboarder dies near Winter Park
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- Created on Sunday, 13 February 2011 22:05
- Written by Nathan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FRASER — Searchers found the body of a backcountry snowboarder in a tree well east of the boundary of Winter Park Resort's Mary Jane mountain.
Resort officials say the resort received a report of a snowboarder missing in dense trees in an area known as 40 Gate Friday afternoon and launched a joint search with the Grand County sheriff's office. A short time later, searchers found the unresponsive man on U.S. Forest Service land and began rescue efforts.
He was later pronounced dead.
Resort officials say the 49-year-old man is a longtime area resident. Grand County sheriff's officials have not released the man's name.
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