Snowmobiler buried, rescued after avalanche near Vail Pass
A snowmobile rider was rescued after they were caught and buried in an avalanche on Shrine Mountain west of Vail Pass on Monday.
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A snowmobile rider was rescued after they were caught and buried in an avalanche on Shrine Mountain west of Vail Pass on Monday, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
Two snowmobilers triggered the avalanche around noon, state officials said in an update. One of the riders was caught and buried, and the second rider tried to use an avalanche rescue transceiver to find his partner but could not get a signal and called 911 for help.
The second snowmobiler later saw a corner of the other rider’s avalanche airbag sticking out of the snow in the debris field, and he and Summit County rescue crews dug out the other rider.
The second rider was buried for around an hour but was awake and talking when rescued, state officials said. They were taken to the hospital.
There is a high avalanche danger for most of northern Colorado’s mountain ranges through Tuesday with dangerous conditions and human-caused slides “very likely,” according to the avalanche center.
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