Eagle County teen survives neck-high avalanche
A Flight for Life helicopter arrives to help an Eagle County teenager buried up to his neck Saturday in an avalanche near Copper Mountain. (Flight for Life photo)
A teenage skier was buried up to his neck but survived a weekend avalanche near Copper Mountain. (CBS 4)
The Eagle County resident was skiing with two friends Saturday on the northeast side of Bartlett Peak between Copper Mountain and Leadville. His friends said he made five or six turns before an avalanche broke about 50 feet above him. He was buried up to his neck, but his friends dug him out and called for rescue.
The Summit County Rescue Group said the slide was about 500 feet long. The unnamed skier was hospitalized with a broken leg he probably got while being dragged along the rocky terrain.
Read the full story at cbs4denver.com.
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