Sad day for the Wolf Creek Staff and family

Started by Kicking Horse, Nov 22 2010 03:37 PM

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#1 Kicking Horse

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Posted 22 November 2010 - 03:37 PM

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Avalanche Claims Life Of Wolf Creek Ski Area Staff Member
by Than Volk | Ski And Snow News | November 22nd, 2010

Reports are coming in that a Wolf Creek Ski Area staff member was killed this morning in an avalanche. The area has received 18″ of snow in the past 48 hours and is currently under a blizzard warning, with possible storm totals up to 3 feet. More information as it becomes available.

From the resort’s snow report:

Wolf Creek Ski Area will closed today, November 22nd, due to the fatality of a staff member. Lifts will begin operating tomorrow at 8:30 a.m.

Jeff

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#2 liftmech

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Posted 22 November 2010 - 07:28 PM

Condolences to those guys. I don't blame them for shutting down today.

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#3 Peter

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Posted 22 November 2010 - 07:34 PM

It was the patrol director. Very sad.

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#4 Lift Dinosaur

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Posted 22 November 2010 - 07:38 PM

Snowy White Death.
Been there, seen that, worked the probe line.
My condolences to all the Wolf Creek Staff in their loss.
Life goes on..just without one friend.

Dino

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