Snowboarder Drowns in Colorado Stream

Who: 50-year-old MaryScott King of Huntington Beach
Where: Mineral Creek Basin, Telluride, Colorado
Her mistake: Just a bad freak accident
What happened: A woman went heli-skiing with Carlo Nafarrete, her soon-to-be fiancé. Nafarrete planned to pop the question in the coming days. Unfortunately, during the trip, the woman was skiing in a remote area of Mineral Creek basin on a heli-skiing day.

While crossing a creek, the woman fell head first into the water and her helmet got caught on some rocks. The guide attempted to dam up the water to give her some air to breathe while others tried to rescue her. By the time she was pulled from the water, she had no pulse and wasn’t breathing. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

The woman was a former competitive speed skater and an avid river rafter, cliff diver, rock climber and backpacker.

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