Posted: 01/07/2014 04:47:24 PM MST
Updated: 01/07/2014 04:49:23 PM MST
East Vail avalanches have a long history of killing skiers and snowboarders. Of the now eight avalanche fatalities in East Vail since the late 1980s, five of the deaths occurred in the first two weeks of January.
* On Jan. 4, 2008, 27-year-old snowboarder Jesse Brigham was killed in an avalanche in a steep East Vail avalanche path named Charlie's Death Chutes.
* On Jan. 8, 2008 - four days later - 33-year-old Vail skier Matthew Gustafson was killed in a slide in East Vail's King Tut slide path, just west of Charlie's.
* On March 4, 1996, 22-year-old skier Kevin Burke was killed when a cornice he was standing on atop East Vail's Benchmark Bowl collapsed.
* On Jan. 12, 1993, two skiers were caught in an avalanche in East Vail and one was killed.
* On Dec. 3, 1992, a skier was caught, buried and killed in an East Vail slide.
* On Jan. 2, 1990, three skiers were caught in an East Vail slide and one died.
* On Feb. 26, 1986, a skier was killed in an East Vail avalanche.
Posted by Unknown on Tuesday, January 7, 2014 - Rating: 4.5
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