Tag: mountain rescue
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On the right track: Married firefighter and train engineer work together to save stranded hiker
Kylah and Nick Breeden of Durango fell in love working on the railroad and Monday turned out to be a live-long day. The newlyweds don’t always work together, but on one of the final weeks of the summer season, Kylah, a locomotive fireman and Nick, a train engineer, were assigned to the second shift hauling…
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6 hikers caught in avalanche on Torreys Peak
Six people were caught in an avalanche Sunday morning while hiking on Torreys Peak, according to the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies said they received a report at around 9 a.m. from someone who saw six hikers on the mountain when the avalanche started and only two left visible when it ended. Those four…