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.

Boulder County Sheriff's Office

Northern Colorado MedEvac airlifted several volunteers with the Rocky Mountain Rescue Group (RMRG) to a ridge above the glacier. Anoth

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