Vail climber falls 100 feet when ice collapses

01/12/10 VAIL, Colorado - A 34-year-old man from Alma, Colo., fell about 100 feet Tuesday afternoon while ice-climbing The Fang, an ice formation in East Vail, Colorado, rescue crews said. Crews from the Vail Fire Department, Eagle County Sheriff's Office, Vail Mountain Rescue and the Eagle County Ambulance District responded to a call at 1:14 p.m. reporting the fall. It took crews about 45 minutes to ...

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Ice climber falls 100 feet in East Vail

01/12/10 VAIL, Colorado - A 34-year-old man from Alma, Colo., fell about 100 feet Tuesday afternoon while ice-climbing The Fang, an ice formation in East Vail. Crews from the Vail Fire Department, Eagle County Sheriff's Office, Vail Mountain Rescue and the Eagle County Ambulance District helped rescue the man. It took crews about 45 minutes to snowmobile and hike into the area where the victim had fallen ...

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East Vail tree removal approved

09/14/10 VAIL, Colorado - The U.S. Forest Service has approved a request by the Vail Fire Department to remove approximately 113 dead and diseased lodgepole pine trees on forest land south of Bighorn Road in East Vail as part of the town's ongoing Forest Health project. Crews from the fire department's wildfire division began the work Monday. The area is located about 1.9 miles east of the Interstate 70 ...

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