{"id":35681,"date":"2023-02-19T22:56:57","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T05:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/snowboarder-dies-after-dropping-off-a-cliff-near-purgatory-resort\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T02:26:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:26:25","slug":"snowboarder-dies-after-dropping-off-a-cliff-near-purgatory-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/snowboarder-dies-after-dropping-off-a-cliff-near-purgatory-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowboarder dies after dropping off a cliff near Purgatory Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=f43a4729-77d6-5b12-b77e-990df8a8a2ad&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"761\" height=\"512\" alt=\"0123 fire engine lights Durango Fire Protection District\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">0123 fire engine lights Durango Fire Protection District<\/span><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>An out-of-bounds snowboarder died Friday near Purgatory Resort after dropping off a cliff and suffering injuries, according to the ski resort.<\/p>\n<p>Purgatory Ski Patrol was notified of the incident at 1:31 p.m. Friday, after receiving a report from 911 dispatchers, said General Manager Dave Rathbun, in a statement emailed Sunday to <em id=\"emphasis-dcadb61dfa5d6972366d04452c5e3c2f\">The Durango Herald<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The snowboarder was located in an out-of-bounds area southeast of the Pinkerton Toll Road ski trail below Forest Service Road 578, the release said. It appears to be in a backcountry area between the front side and the backside of the resort.<\/p>\n<p>It was not immediately clear if the snowboarder had gained entry to the backcountry via Purgatory Resort.<\/p>\n<p>Ski patrol was on scene by 1:48 p.m. and found a male snowboarder in his mid-40s who had dropped off a cliff and suffered injuries, according to the resort. No further information was given about the nature of the man\u2019s injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Ski patrol attempted to revive the snowboarder but he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Purgatory Resort. The man was wearing a helmet at the time of the fall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery member of the Purgatory Resort community sends its deepest, heartfelt condolences to all those family members and friends impacted by this tragic event,\u201d Rathbun said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>Purgatory Resort did not release the name of the snowboarder. La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith said Sunday she had not yet received details about the individual.<\/p>\n<p>The La Plata County Sheriff\u2019s Office did not immediately respond to requests for information Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-69f405a06c497acb6797281a88373909\"><a href=\"mailto:tbrown@durangoherald.com\">tbrown@durangoherald.com<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>attempted lifesaving measures, but victim was pronounced dead on scene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[386,255,28,475,712],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-35681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-breaking-news","tag-death-and-dying","tag-headlines","tag-la-plata-county-colorado","tag-purgatory"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83069,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35681\/revisions\/83069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35681"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=35681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}