Steamboat patroller seriously hurt in skiing accident dies

16th April, 2015 by

By Staff Reports

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — A member of the Steamboat Ski Patrol who was seriously injured in a skiing accident has died. Steamboat Today reports (http://goo.gl/o4mwAI ) 63-year-old Michael Fosdick crashed on the upper Rainbow trail at Steamboat Ski Area on Thursday. He died at a Denver hospital Tuesday. Fosdick had been a courtesy patroller at the ski area since 2007. Courtesy patrollers help with on-mountain safety but do not provide medical care. The Routt County Sheriff’s Office says it’s unclear if a medical issue caused the crash, which no one witnessed. The resort issued a statement Wednesday saying Fosdick “lived his …

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