Girl Injured in Snowcat Accident near Brundage

 

A 14-year-old girl on a snowcat back country trip near Brundage Mountain was injured after she was run over by a snowcat.

The Valley County Sheriff’s Office says they received a 911 call on Monday morning about the accident.

The girl was conscious and breathing at the time when the call came in. She was later treated in the field and airlifted from Brundage Reservoir to St. Alphonsus in Boise. It’s unclear the severity of her injuries.

Brundage Mountain says another person on Monday was also injured, but details of that incident were not immediately available.

KBOI-2-TV reports, Brundage officials released a statement, which says: “Members of the Brundage Mountain team are in communication with the guests and are sending our best wishes for their speedy recovery.”