A hiker has died after slipping on scree while hiking near Heckert Pass, Colorado. Charles Smith from Garden Ridge, Texas, was on a nine-day expedition with his friend Devin McKay when the accident happened.
The pair were hiking below the pass when they came across a scree field – a mass of small pieces of rock that has broken off a cliff or mountain over time. The pair decided to split up, with McKay heading towards the trees and Smith taking a different route down the field. While McKay was traversing the field, he heard a scream, and turned to see Smith rolling down and over the ridgeline.
