Freezing Temps Prompt Multiple Rescue Missions for Colorado Backcountry Skiers

Multiple rescues were made for a group of Colorado backcountry skiers on a hut trip suffering from frostbite on Sunday night and Monday morning.
The Pitkin County Regional Dispatch Center received a medical SOS call Sunday evening about two backcountry skiers who were attempting to travel to the Goodwin Greene Hut, south of Aspen, Colorado. The call came in around 9:40 pm after the skiers, who were in a party of seven, were unable to make it to the hut due to extreme cold injuries. The call