The men who started a March 2020 avalanche above Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels pleaded guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges of reckless endangerment. “It would have been ridiculous to pass up 20 hours of community service and gamble with a financial loss for the rest of our lives. So it’s sad to bend over and get strong-armed by the DA, but that’s what we had to do,” one of the men said after the sentencing.
On May 18, the Summit Daily News reported that the snowboarders who triggered an avalanche near the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels in March 2020 are expected to accept a plea agreement in June. The major.
The men who triggered an avalanche near the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels last year are expected to accept a plea agreement next month, and it would not include any of the proposed $168,000 in restitution.