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Skier Dies in Fall At Rocky Mountain National Park

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By NPT Staff - June 14th, 2021

A Colorado man died from injuries he sustained when he fell while skiing in the backcountry of Rocky Mountain National Park/NPS HO

A Colorado man skiing in the backcountry of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado was killed when he slid 400-500 feet into rocks.

A park release said the 68-year-old Loveland, Colorado, man was skiing alone on a snowfield on Sundance Mountain between Trail Ridge Road and Old Fall River Road on Sunday when he took the tumbling fall. Rangers responded to a report of an unconscious skier, but he died from his injuries.

The man was skiing alone, but bystanders witnessed the fall and tried to render aid and notified Rocky Mountain National Park.         

The victim’s body was flown by Northern Colorado Interagency Helitack to a helispot in the Upper Beaver Meadows area of the park late Sunday afternoon. His body was then transferred to the Larimer County Coroner/Medical Examiner’s Office. 

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