(file photo: Mt. Hood Skibowl)

Oregon Teen Dies in Snowboarding Accident on Mount Hood

Government Camp, OR – An Oregon teenager died after slamming into a tree while snowboarding at Mount Hood Skibowl on Saturday night.

(photo: Mt. Hood Skibowl)
(photo: Mt. Hood Skibowl)

Taylur Dewolf, 17, of Sandy was found 10 feet off a groomed trail with severe head and chest trauma, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Department. She was discovered after the Sheriff’s department received a phone call at 10:30 p.m. from the girl’s father, who indicated that Dewolf had been snowboarding with family and friends at Skibowl, but had not been seen for the past three hours. Her body was discovered by ski patrol at 11:05 p.m. off the intermediate Dog Leg run. She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses stated Taylur had been snowboarding at a very high speed.

“The death of Taylur Dewolf is considered accidental,” the Sheriff’s office said in a statement. “There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the event.”

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