Avalanche Sweeps Away Rescuer During Rescue Mission

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– A search and rescuer with the Routt County Search and Rescue was swept away in an avalanche during a rescue mission.The avalanche happened Thursday night while rescuers were trying to help a skier and snowboarder who were lost in the North Fork of the Fish Creek drainage area.
The men were in their 40s and from Minnesota but were not prepared to be in the backcountry. They apparently did not have any food or water with them. They also did not have avalanche