“On Friday, March 7th, at approximately 6:17 p.m., the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office Dispatch Team received a call from a skier that had injured his leg in a skiing accident at approximately 10,000 feet on Mount Shasta.
The reporting party, a 39-year-old male, was an experienced backcountry skier from Canada and had spent the prior two days summiting and exploring the mountain. During his final descent through Avalanche Gulch Friday evening, he crashed and sustained a serious injury to his lower leg. Unable to move, the skier, who had been traveling solo, managed to call 911, prompting a rescue effort.
