Skier dies on Quandary Peak in Summit County

Update: Authorities have released the name of a backcountry skier who died on Quandary Peak in Colorado’s Summit County.

The Summit Daily News reports 22-year-old Peter Wing, of Denver, was skiing with a companion when he fell Sunday morning at about 13,400 feet elevation.

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A backcountry skier has died on Quandary Peak in Colorado’s Summit County.

The Summit Daily News reports that the incident occurred Sunday at about 13,400 feet elevation.

The Summit County Rescue Group says it was called about 11:20 a.m. Sunday and used a helicopter to reach the skier who was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the rescue group, he was skiing with a companion at the time.

It is the second death on Quandary Peak in the last six months. A 67-year-old man died after he suffered a heart attack about half a mile up the Quandary Peak Trail while hiking in late July.