BOULDER COUNTY, Colo. — A snowboarder who had been descending down a glacier near Rollins Pass was seriously injured after he fell and tumbled about 100 feet on Monday.

The Boulder County Sheriff's Office said it first received a report of the incident at 2:25 p.m. Monday.

They learned that the 27-year-old man had been riding down Skyscraper Glacier, just north of Rollins Pass, when he fell and slid about 100 feet. He stopped in a bergschrund, which is a large crevasse at the top of a glacier, according to The Avalanche Center . Bergschrunds are typically open in the summer and autumn and can quickly become hazardous.

Northern Colorado MedEvac airlifted several volunteers with the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group (RMRG) to a ridge above the glacier. Another RMRG team headed into the back

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