After having been reported missing at Montana’s Whitefish Mountain Resort on Saturday afternoon, an unnamed 29-year-old snowboarder was found dead by patrollers. He was in a tree well, according to a story in the Whitefish Pilot.
The victim is a Flathead County resident, but his name is being withheld pending notification of family members. The man was snowboarding alone, but had gone to the resort with friends, according to the sheriff’s report. . . This is the second tree-well related death on Big Mountain in the past two weeks.
Sadly, the snowboarder (who is the 10th snowboarder to die in North America since December 20, 2010)was one of two deaths on the mountain Saturday. Another unnamed man was also found unconscious and died later at the hospital, according to a story on KRTV.com. Our thoughts are the families and friends of both men.
[Link: Whitefish Pilot and KRTV.com]
One of the craziest mountains of terrain I have experienced. The locs i have known from that mountain are some of the most “lone wolf” mentality mountain lovers. Riding Alone with the snow monsters in terrain that is so heavy and off the grid that it would take patrollers days to find them (i would think) if a emergency.Not to mention its the land of Neutral & Dark colorways for outerwear.Sometimes a Bright jacket helps scream hello when you can’t wave for help.thoughts and prayers to all involved.super bummer.
-LONG LIVE DAVE OLSETH-
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