On Thursday, February 20th, 2025, around 1:09 pm, the San Juan County Sheriff’s Office and the Silverton Medical Rescue team received a satellite emergency communications alert from a reporting party of the avalanche accident in an area locally known as “The Nose” in the Ophir Pass area.
A 41-year-old female from Crested Butte, Colorado, Sarah Steinwand, who was snowboarding in the backcountry with…
