{"id":1956,"date":"2026-06-24T20:36:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2026-06-24T20:36:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:36:44","slug":"half-ton-boulder-crushes-man-on-colorado-mountain-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1956","title":{"rendered":"Half-ton boulder crushes man on Colorado mountain trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A Silverthorne man was crushed to death by a falling boulder on a trail near Buena Vista in the Upper Arkansas River Valley on Tuesday, sheriff\u2019s officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1954\">Northfield shopping center has a new name and is getting a new look<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two men who worked for a moving company were passing through the area after completing a delivery and stopped at the \u201cRapid 5 1\/2 Pullover\u201d on Chaffee County Road 371 outside of Buena Vista, according to the sheriff\u2019s office. The two men often stopped at this popular camping spot along the Arkansas River to have lunch while driving, investigators said.<\/p>\n<p>While walking back up the trail, one of the men \u2014 identified by the sheriff\u2019s office as 59-year-old Paul Frasch of Silverthorne \u2014 dislodged rocks along the trail and was crushed.<\/p>\n<p>Chaffee County deputies responded to the fatal rockslide at about 1:40 p.m. Tuesday, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1952\">UN-commissioned experts accuse Israel of targeting Gaza children, repeat genocide claim<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Investigators estimated that one of the boulders on top of Frasch\u2019s body weighed at least half a ton, or roughly 1,000 pounds, sheriff\u2019s officials said. The man died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Frasch\u2019s coworker injured his arms while trying to free Frasch, but no other injuries or fatalities were reported, investigators said.<\/p>\n<p>The incident remains under investigation, according to the sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1950\">Colorado wildfires: Fire burning on Western Slope forces evacuations, destroys buildings<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Silverthorne man was crushed to death by a falling boulder on a trail near Buena Vista in the Upper Arkansas River Valley on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colorado-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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