The Pitkin County Sheriff's Office says a hiker was killed and another was injured by a rockslide on Hagerman Peak near Snowmass Mountain.
Rescue crews were called to the scene Saturday afternoon after reports of two injured hikers, one with chest wounds and the other with a broken ankle. When they arrived, the hiker with the chest injuries was dead.
The Aspen Daily News (http://bit.ly/RPV2EC ) reports the hikers' names have not been released.
The 13,841-foot Hagerman Peak rises above Snowmass Lake and is about 11 miles from Aspen.
Hiker killed in rock slide near Aspen
POSTED: 03:00 PM MDT Aug 30, 2012
UPDATED: 05:42 PM MDT Aug 26, 2012
Hiker killed in rock slide near Aspen
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