Very Sad Day at Breckenridge

[SuZieCoyote]

"14-year-old Haley Rose Gans died today while skiing the blue run, Spruce. Haley crashed into a tree at a high speed and the blunt trauma to her chest took her life. She was wearing a helmet."

My heart goes out to her family. She was from here in Colorado Springs.

 

[ski diva]

Oh, what a tragedy. My heart goes out to her family.

 

[gr8outdoors]

How sad. The family will be in my thoughts.

 

[deannatoby]

How tragic. The kind of thing we all hope we never experience as a mom. Many many many prayers for her family. Sobering news.

Deanna

 

[pinto]

So sad.

 

[SnowHot]

Oh no.
Thoughts and prayers go out to her family. so so sad :(

 

[3dogsKris]

So sad.

 

[playoutside]

Very sad. Thoughts and prayers to her family and friends.

Terrible reminder to each of us to appreciate each day and everyone around us. Please give a hug or a kind word to those you care about today.

 

[MaineSkiLady]

x 2 on all accords....
Thoughts and prayers.

(Missed this thread yesterday.)

 

[skibum4ever]

x 3.

What a horrible tragedy.

 

[Pandita]

very sad, heartfelt thoughts to the family

 

[little one]

unimaginable horror and sadness. my thoughts and prayers to the family.

 

[Eviesnowcat]

Shocking news. So sad.

 

[MaineSkiLady]

My son was there that day. He heard Life Flight arriving (at a ski resort, it's a frankly terrifying sound), and he said it was a long time before it departed. He wasn't aware of the tragic outcome until after he had returned home.

 

[NH ite]

tragic!! my sympathy to her family and friends..

 

[kimblrr]

This is just so heartbreaking for this young life taken so soon. Her family remains in my prayers. I was on the mountain the day after this happened. I just couldn't bring myself to ski Spruce.

 

[Slidergirl]

It's such a tragic accident. Definitely thoughts and prayers for the family.
I agree - hearing the helicopter landing at the resort always makes me nervous. It's never a good sign that someone has to be life-flighted to the trauma center 20 miles down at the University of Utah rather than getting ambulanced over to our new hospital 3 miles away.

Out of morbid curiosity, how many runs were open at Breckinridge that day? I'm always fearful of skiing when there is only a very few runs open - too many people of different abilities packed into too little a space.