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A man who broke his leg while skiing in the backcountry near Aspen was rescued and is recovering.
At about 4:50 p.m. Sunday the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office was notified about a skier in the Warren Lakes area who was injured, the sheriff’s office said in a media release.
Four members of Mountain Rescue Aspen on snowmobiles reached the injured skier at about 7 p.m. and the 35-year-old Denver man was taken to an ambulance, which was waiting on Smuggler Mountain Road, and on to Aspen Valley Hospital.
The injured man was part of a group that had been using the Benedict Hut.
He’s being treated for a broken left leg.
Further details on his condition were not available.
Kieran Nicholson: 303-954-1822 or knicholson@denverpost.com.
