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ASPEN — Ten members of Mountain Rescue Aspen helped rescue a skier who got stuck in the Sugar Bowls area outside of the Buttermilk Ski Area boundary Monday evening.
The 60-year-old woman refused medical treatment Monday night after volunteers from Mountain Rescue Aspen brought her safely out of the wilderness near Buttermilk Mountain, said Pitkin County Sheriff’s Deputy Alex Burchetta.
The skier left the Buttermilk Ski Area after hours to ski alone in the Sugar Bowls and called 911 around 5 p.m. reporting an equipment problem and that she was cold, weak, tired and unable to move, according to a Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office statement.
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