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Report Provides Details on Avalanche that Killed a Man in Eagle County Near Vail Pass

David Pickett-Heaps triggered a hard-slab avalanche and was buried in a terrain trap; solo travelers accounted for 23% of avalanche deaths over five years, CAIC reported.

Summary by Summit Daily News
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center released its full accident report on the March 7 avalanche south of Ptarmigan Pass in Eagle County near Vail Pass that killed a Silverthorne man. The slide killed David Pickett-Heaps, 58, who arrived at the Vail Pass Winter Recreation Area around 7 a.m. March 7, according to the report. From there, Pickett-Heaps rode a snowmobile to access ski terrain. Other recreators saw Pickett-Heaps around 11 a.m. an…

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Report provides details on avalanche that killed a man in Eagle County near Vail Pass

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center released its full accident report on the March 7 avalanche south of Ptarmigan Pass in Eagle County near Vail Pass that killed a Silverthorne man. The slide killed David Pickett-Heaps, 58, who arrived at the Vail Pass Winter Recreation Area around 7 a.m. March 7, according to the report. From there, Pickett-Heaps rode a snowmobile to access ski terrain. Other recreators saw Pickett-Heaps around 11 a.m. an…

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Report details Eagle County avalanche that killed a solo skier, marking the first fatality of the 2025-26 season

A companion “could have produced a different outcome,” for solo skier David Pickett-Heaps, CAIC avalanche investigators said

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Colorado Sun broke the news in Colorado, United States on Friday, March 13, 2026.
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