{"id":792936,"date":"2019-02-11T07:16:27","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T14:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=358977"},"modified":"2019-02-11T07:16:27","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T14:16:27","slug":"snowboarder-dies-attempting-jump-at-aspens-snowmass-resort-terrain-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/snowboarder-dies-attempting-jump-at-aspens-snowmass-resort-terrain-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowboarder dies attempting jump at Aspen\u2019s Snowmass resort terrain park"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ski patrollers at Snowmass Mountain Resort worked on their investigation Sunday afternoon after a 20-year-old snowboarder died attempting the first jump in the Makaha Terrain Park in the morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A 20-year-old man died Sunday morning attempting a jump at a Snowmass Mountain Resort terrain park, officials said Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The snowboarder died after attempting the first jump at the Makaha Terrain Park just after 11 a.m. and ski patrol received a call from someone riding the Village Express lift, an Aspen Skiing Co. official said.<\/p>\n

No other details about the victim, including his name or hometown, were immediately available Sunday, Pitkin County Sheriff\u2019s Deputy Michael Buglione said. That information will come from the Pitkin County Coroner\u2019s Office once the family is notified.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatrol responded immediately and found the man unresponsive with no pulse or breathing,\u201d Aspen Skiing Co. spokesman Jeff Hanle said Sunday afternoon. \u201cThey began advanced life-saving procedures. They were unable to re-establish a pulse and the man was pronounced dead by the Pitkin County Coroner.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur deepest sympathies and thoughts go out to the man\u2019s family and friends, and we are offering support and assistance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The jump is just under the Village Express lift, which was shut down for a brief period Sunday after the incident.<\/p>\n

The Makaha Park remained closed Sunday afternoon as ski patrollers continued their investigation at a jump.<\/p>\n

According to the resort\u2019s website, the\u00a0Makaha Park<\/a>\u00a0\u201coffers a logical next step up the progression ladder with its mix of intermediate and advanced features, ranging in size from medium to large. There are about 25 features in total, a progressive line of midsized jumps and about 15 jib features including all shapes of boxes and rails. Great area for learning new tricks and working on progression.\u201d<\/p>\n

The\u00a0last reported death at Snowmass in the winter was in February 2016<\/a>\u00a0when well-known businessman and Aspen local Donald Drapkin on Feb. 15 fell from a standing position, hit his head but then got up. He died a week later from injuries sustained in the fall. Before that,\u00a0three people died<\/a>\u00a0in the spring of 2014 at Snowmass.<\/p>\n

Two men have died in the past two summers while mountain biking at the resort.\u00a0David Eckardt 62, of Woody Creek\u00a0died in September 2018<\/a>\u00a0while riding the expert Valhalla trail, and David Duff, 67, of Kentucky\u00a0died in July 2017<\/a>\u00a0on the same trail.<\/p>\n

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Ski patrollers at Snowmass Mountain Resort worked on their investigation Sunday afternoon after a 20-year-old snowboarder died attempting the first jump in the Makaha Terrain Park in the morning. A 20-year-old man died Sunday morning attempting a jump at a Snowmass Mountain Resort terrain park, officials said Sunday afternoon. The snowboarder died after attempting the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-792936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 19:10:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=792936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/792936\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=792936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=792936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=792936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}