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A snowboarder was successfully rescued after he fell 100 feet down a glacier in Colorado on Sept. 8

The rescue effort included a helicopter and multiple volunteers from the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group, officials said

The snowboarder was taken to the hospital roughly six hours after the accident

A snowboarder was successfully rescued after he fell down the side of a glacier in Colorado.

On Monday, Sept. 8, the 27-year-old man was snowboarding down Skyscraper Glacier in Boulder County when he slipped and fell, according to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office .

The snowboarder, who has not been identified at this time, slid down roughly 100 feet and landed inside a bergschrund, or crevasse in a mass of ice.

Around 2:25 p.m. local time, the Boulder County Communications C

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