Sheriff’s Office Sends Mountain Rescue Team In
Information released by Chelan County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Brian Burnett reports a 60-year-old Dallas, Texas resident – Robert Jake Colburn – was killed in a climbing accident while descending Aasgard Pass approximately 15 miles southwest of Leavenworth.
On October 31, 2019 at approximately 11:00pm, RIVERCOM Dispatch received a 911 call from Colburn’s son, he advised that his dad had not returned to camp after climbing Aasgard Pass. Colburn was last seen around 3:00pm as he was descending Aasgard on his way back to camp.
This morning a Chelan County Sheriff’s Office helicopter inserted a team of four Chelan County Mountain Rescue (CCMR) personnel into the area. At approximately 1:30pm Colburn was located at approximately the 7,300-elevation level on Aasgard Pass, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Rescue personnel reported that it appeared Colburn had slipped and fallen several hundred feet. The victim was hoisted from the scene and transported to the Leavenworth Fish Hatchery.
Also assisting in the rescue were members of Chelan County Volunteer Search and Rescue.
