NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

MORNING REPORT

Thursday, January 10, 2013

INCIDENTS

Glacier NP

Skier Injured In Avalanche

A skier was caught and seriously injured by an avalanche that he triggered on Elk Mountain on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 8th.  Park dispatch received a call at approximately 4:15 p.m. that afternoon reporting that two skiers were involved in an avalanche and that one of them was injured.  Park rangers and local emergency personnel organized and responded to the incident. Rangers reached the skiers around 6:30 p.m. and transported them to a nearby trailhead.  The Glacier County EMS ambulance took the injured skier to a medical facility; the second skier was released at the scene.  The two men, ages 34 and 35, were skiing a ridge of Elk Mountain just west of Marias Pass when one of them fell and triggered an avalanche. The skier was carried downslope by the slide and partially buried. The other man, who was skiing below when the avalanche occurred and was able to escape from the avalanche slide path, was then able to help rescue his companion. Emergency personnel assisting Glacier National Park rangers included members of the Blackfeet Law Enforcement Services, Glacier County Sheriff's Office, Flathead County Sheriff's Office, Flathead County Search and Rescue, and North Valley Search and Rescue. [Denise Germann, Public Affairs Officer]

OTHER NEWS

The following stories are among those in today's edition of InsideNPS. To see the full text, including images, NPS employees should go to the InsideNPS home page ( HYPERLINK "http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index" http://inside.nps.gov/index.cfm?handler=index). Non-NPS employees can see most of them on the NPS Digest page ( HYPERLINK "http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/" http://home.nps.gov/applications/digest/):

Korean War Veterans Memorial - A replica of the Korean War Veterans Memorial floated down Colorado Boulevard as part of the 124th Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena on New Year's Day.  The float, “Freedom is Not Free,” honored the veterans of the Korean War, commemorating 60 years since the armistice was signed on July 27, 1953.

Northeast Region - Wendy K. Janssen has been selected as the new superintendent of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. She replaces Pam Underhill, who recently retired this past year.

Intermountain Region - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has awarded Bandelier's incident command team its Director's Award for Partnerships in recognition of the team's work in conducting a naturalization ceremony in the park last year.

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