Wolf Creek Ski Area Closed Today Due to Fatality of Staff Member

Statement Posted Monday on the Wolf Creek Snow Report:

Wolf Creek Ski Area will closed today, November 22nd, due to the fatality of a staff member. Lifts will begin operating tomorrow at 8:30 a.m.

According to Freeskier Magazine, the ski patrol director for Wolf Creek has died after being caught in an an avalanche on Monday.

SAN has learned that friends and co-workers are leaving posts on the Wolf Creek Ski Area Facebook wall as a memorial.

Wolf Creek reported 17 inches of snow in the past 26 hours, according to the National Weather Service in Pueblo, Colorado.