Search Over For Missing Backcountry Skiers, 1 Deceased

By Matt Kroschel
LEADVILLE, Colo. (CBS4) – CBS4 has learned that after both missing backcountry skiers were found Thursday, one of them has died. The search for the two skiers began after they had not been heard from since Wednesday.
Search teams were deployed to the backcountry near Turquoise Lake.
CBS4 learned from sources that the adult was located and taken to the hospital for hypothermia on Thursday afternon. That person did not survive. The teen was not injured.
Earlier, Betty Benson