Aspen Backcountry Accident Investigated
The Pitkin County Sheriff's Office and U.S. Forest Service has sent investigators to the scene of a backcountry accident in a popular backcountry spot near Aspen to try to determine who, if anyone, is to blame. Pro snowboarder Doran Laybourn and a snowmobiler the sheriff's office has yet to identify collided around 2 p.m. Sunday along Richmond Ridge located on the back side of Aspen Mountain. What still needs to be determined is whether the accident occurred on private or national forest land, according to Pitkin County Sheriff Bob Braudis. If the accident involved snowmobile use in a closed area of the forest, the Forest Service is more likely to get involved in the investigation, according to Tim Lamb, a ranger with the Aspen-Sopris district.
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