Ski champ Nick DeVore breaks femur in backcountry avalanche
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- Created on Friday, 29 April 2011 13:55
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THE ASPEN TIMES
ASPEN — Renowned Aspen telemark skier Nick DeVore broke his femur after being caught in a backcountry avalanche Thursday morning, authorities said.
DeVore, 25, was to undergo surgery Thursday afternoon at Aspen Valley Hospital, said Pitkin County Sheriff's Deputy Rene Rayton.
DeVore was skiing with a four-member party, which had snowmobiled from Aspen Mountain to Richmond Ridge to the Taylor Pass area, Rayton said. DeVore was skiing solo, however, when he got caught in a slide estimated to be 550 to 600 feet long in the M&M Chutes, located on the mountainside above Ashcroft, Rayton said.
“He ended up being buried up to his shoulders,” Rayton said. “He disappeared at one time but when everything came to a rest he was buried to his shoulder.”
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