A 30-year-old man died in a snowboarding accident at Aspen Mountain early Sunday morning, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office.
Police have not yet publicly identified the victim.
According to a news release from the sheriff’s office, the man had hiked to a closed area with friends, “descended a ski run and impacted a stationary object.”
Sheriff’s office deputies, Aspen police officers, Aspen firefighters and Aspen Ambulance Service personnel responded to the Lift 1A section of the mountain, on the western side of the ski area.
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A friend of the victim called 911 at about 1:30 a.m. and said the victim was unresponsive after an accident about 200 yards uphill from the lift base and that he sustained head injuries, the release stated.
Although life-saving measures were performed, his injuries were ultimately fatal.
