Skiers missing after avalanche
ASPEN, Colo (AP) —
Searchers on snowmobiles and
skis, moving gingerly through an
area of extreme avalanche dan
ger. failed Monday to find five
cross-country skiers missing for
three days in mountain hack
country
The team reached a remote
hut in Taylor Pass where they
tiad hoped the five had found
shelter from near-zero tempera
tures. Hut the cabin about 15
miles south of Aspen and anoth
er one nearby wore empty.
Authorities called off the
search at dusk Monday, hut
planned to go out again Tuesday
morning with dogs.
An avalanche thundered
down a mountainside in the
area Saturday.
"It's a very .pessimistic out
look if they didn't reach a hut,"
said Debbie Kendrick of the
Pitkin County sheriff's office.
"Hut these are people who have
done some backwoods stuff
before and have some knowl
edge, so wo re hopeful in thut
light."
The missing skiers left the
Ashcroft Ski Touring Resort on
Friday , camped overnight and
were to have returned Saturday.
Two other people with them
returned safely by a different
route.
About 16 people went out on
the hac k side of Aspen Moun
tain on snowmobiles, cross
country skis and Snowcats, the
wide-tracked utility vehic les
if they’re out in the
elements, I don’t
know. It’s herd to
tell.’
Deputy Joe DiSalvo,
Pitkin County sheriff s office
iiso11 al ski areas, sheriff’s
Deputy foe DiSalvo said They
had to cover nine to 11 miles in
snow drifts up to 5 feet deep.
“It's real tough going and in
an area where there is some
extreme avalanche danger," he
said. “They need to lie as safe as
they can."
Aircraft were able to join the
search for only about !l hours
Monday because of clouds. DiS
alvo said.
"If they got to a hut. there's
firewood and a fireplace and
they could stay up there four
days and virtually he fine,” DiS
alvo said. “If they made a snow
cave, the survivability rate is
good If they're out in the ele
ments. I don't know. It's hard to
tell."
The skiers were identified as
Brigettn Schlugar, Dee and Rob
Dillon, all from Denver. Ken
Torp. of Conifer: and Elliott
Brown of Golden
"We're optimistic." said Don
Dubin, Rob's brother
The two skiers who left the
group and took a different route.
Andrea Itrett. -12. of Denver, anil
Journalists plead guilty
to supplying a minor
HPM1DJI. Minn (AP) — A former television reporter anti a lormer
cameraman accused ot staging a party for u story on teen-age drink
ing pleaded guilty Monday to furnishing alcohol to a minor
Reporter Kelly Nelson and cameraman |im I alley, both 2,t. were
accused of buying two cases of beer and taking it to a cabin where
they filmed teen-agers drinking in November,
fudge James Preece is expected to sentence them in late March
They face up to one year in Jail and a $3,000 fine, but Beltrami Coun
ty attorney Timothy Paver said few people receive the maximum sen
tence.
At the time. Nelson and Talley worked for KC.t.O-1 \ in Alexan
dria. The station broadcast an apology, and Taver said he had no
information to indicate that station management was involved
The complaint said Nelson and Talley asked a 17-year-old boy if
they could film a party yvhere underage drinking took place The
legal drinking age in Minnesota is 2 1
The complaint said the hoy gave Talley S.t3 to buy the beer
KCCO broadcast the story Nov. 24 as part of a series on teen-age
drinking.
Ku hard Rost. 34. of Boulder, got
hack safely although Brett had
frostbitten fingers and tin’s
When you get right down to
it, it was basically survival.
Host said of their dei ision to go
ahead of their five companions
He said they were unaware of
the avalanche danger and
ini [lending storm Friday
More than 300 avalanches
have been reported in Col
orado's high country since
Wednesday, when a storm
moved in and dumped as nun h
as 7 feet of snow. For each
avalanche reported we estimate
another 10 released, but are
unobserved,” said a report from
the Colorado Avalnni he Infor
mation Center.
Nine people have died so far
this winter in Colorado
avalnni lies
One snow-slide surrounded
four vehicles on Interstate 70
near Vail Pass on Sunday, hut
the seven people were resi ued
within minutes F.isthound 1-70
reopened late Sunday hut west
bound lanes were intermittently
closed Monday between Vail
and Copper Mountain as i rews
tried to i tear the road
Two avalanches near Aspen
threatened the resort town s
water supplies during the week
end hv briefly blot king two
i reeks Most mountain passes
were closed Olid transportation
officials saitl they mas have to
blast snow oft the roads with
explosives
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