An avalanche in the backcountry near Vail has claimed life of a person, Colorado Avalanche Information Center confirmed.
Fatality is said to be a grandson of Peter Seibert Sr., a co-founder of the Vail ski resort.
Others three trapped in the snow have been rescued without major injuries.
The avalanche occurred at around 11:30 am in East Vail Chutes, an area between Vail Mountain and Vail Pass.
According to The Denver Post, the East Vail avalanches have deadly history. Out of the eight East Vail avalanche fatalities since the late 1980s, five of the deaths have occurred in the first two weeks of January.
Original post: Natural Disasters List January 7, 2014
Fatality is said to be a grandson of Peter Seibert Sr., a co-founder of the Vail ski resort.
Others three trapped in the snow have been rescued without major injuries.
The avalanche occurred at around 11:30 am in East Vail Chutes, an area between Vail Mountain and Vail Pass.
According to The Denver Post, the East Vail avalanches have deadly history. Out of the eight East Vail avalanche fatalities since the late 1980s, five of the deaths have occurred in the first two weeks of January.
Original post: Natural Disasters List January 7, 2014
Comments
Post a Comment
Your feedback is important to us!
We invite all our readers to share with us their views about this natural disaster post.
Disclaimer: Comments posted below are from readers. In no way do they represent the view of Disaster-Report.com. This is a public forum.
Below views may be monitored for inappropriate content. Please note that your email address will NOT appear on the site. Read our privacy policy here.
Disaster Report reports recent natural disaster news 24 hours a day. A daily natural disasters list (published everyday) includes details of all (almost) natural disasters occurred worldwide. Click for recent natural disasters list.