{"id":2441488,"date":"2019-03-08T15:19:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T22:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=301268"},"modified":"2019-03-08T15:19:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T22:19:40","slug":"breckenridge-resort-investigating-inbounds-avalanche-near-imperial-chair-no-injuries-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/breckenridge-resort-investigating-inbounds-avalanche-near-imperial-chair-no-injuries-reported\/","title":{"rendered":"Breckenridge resort investigating inbounds avalanche near Imperial Chair; no injuries reported"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/BreckAvy-SDN-030919--1024x703.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/BreckAvy-SDN-030919-.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/BreckAvy-SDN-030919--300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/03\/BreckAvy-SDN-030919--768x527.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><figcaption><strong>Summit County Search and Rescue Group vehicle parked at Breckenridge Ski Resort Friday, March 8.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ Summit Daily<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Breckenridge Ski Resort has confirmed that there has been inbounds avalanche activity on an expert-rated trail off the Imperial Express SuperChair early this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The resort\u2019s ski patrol received a call about the avalanche at approximately 12:25 p.m., and responded immediately, said resort spokeswoman Sara Lococo. Lococo added that ski patrol is currently investigating the incident though, at this time, no guests are believed to be injured. Lococo said the resort will continue to gather information and provide updates as appropriate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Summit County Rescue Group received an alert shortly after 12:30 p.m. of the avalanche. The group\u2019s spokesman, Charles Pitman, said shortly before 2 p.m. that the rescue group was asked to stand down as their help was not needed.<\/p>\n<p>Breckenridge announced on its @BreckConditions Twitter feed at 11:15 a.m., on Friday that the Imperial Express SuperChair was open for the day.<\/p>\n<p>The Imperial Chair, the highest chairlift in North America, services above-tree-line, high-alpine terrain from near the 12,998-foot summit of Peak 8, namely the double-black diamond Imperial Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Breckenridge did not open the Imperial Chair. Breckenridge opened some of its upper-mountain, above-treeline terrain \u2014 such as 6 chair, the T-Bar and Zendo and Kensho chairs \u2014 later in the afternoon on Thursday after initially reporting earlier on Thursday that its upper-mountain terrain would not open for the day, due to adverse conditions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/breckenridge-resort-investigating-inbounds-avalanche-near-imperial-chair-no-injuries-reported\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summit County Search and Rescue Group vehicle parked at Breckenridge Ski Resort Friday, March 8.Hugh Carey \/ Summit Daily Breckenridge Ski Resort has confirmed that there has been inbounds avalanche activity on an expert-rated trail off the Imperial Express SuperChair early this afternoon. The resort\u2019s ski patrol received a call about the avalanche at approximately [&hellip;]<\/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":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2441488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-15 02:27:39","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":"KSPN The Valley&#039;s Quality Rock","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2441488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2441488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2441488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2441488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2441488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}