A 36-year-old backcountry skier was rescued Sunday after he suffered a head injury while skiing on Mount Yeckel a few miles northeast of Aspen, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office.
The skier and those who were with him activated an emergency signal from a two-way satellite communication device around 2:30 p.m., and that alert was sent to the county’s emergency dispatch center.
Twenty-one volunteers from Mountain Rescue Aspen responded and found the injured skier and his group. The team evacuated the skier on a toboggan that was pulled behind a snowmobile, according to the sheriff’s office.
The injured skier was then taken by ambulance to Aspen Valley Hospital. The rescue was finished by about 10:30 p.m., according to the sheriff’s office, which praised the group for carrying the satellite communication device.
“It proved to be a great assistance with this rescue,” the statement said.
