Snowboarder rescued after falling down Colorado’s Skyscraper Glacier

BOULDER COUNTY Colorado KCNC A snowboarder in Boulder County was rescued by rescue crews after falling down Skyscraper Glacier west of Nederland The -year-old man was going down the glacier Monday afternoon when he fell about feet down the snowfield the Boulder County Sheriff s Office noted 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 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 Video posted by the sheriff s office shows rescue crews hoisted on the side of the steep glacier with the snowboarder in a rescue basket Around p m members of the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group got to the man and began treating his injuries At the same time crews began building an uphaul system where he was hoisted up over the ridge while continuing to be treated Around p m he was airlifted to a local hospital for further remedy By a m the remaining rescue crews had finished hiking out of the area