Snowboarder rescued in Boulder County after falling down Skyscraper Glacier

A snowboarder in Boulder County was rescued by rescue crews after falling down Skyscraper Glacier, west of Nederland.

The 27-year-old man was going down the glacier Monday afternoon when he fell about 100 feet down the snowfield, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office said on Tuesday. He eventually landed in a bergschrund — an ice crevasse that forms when ice separates.

The Boulder County Communications center received a call about the fall around 2:30 p.m. and rescuers from several law enforcement, fire rescue, and search and rescue agencies and organizations responded, surveying the terrain and mapping evacuation paths…

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