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02/22/2004: "Doctor warns of risks of mountain heart attacks"

Avalanches, collisions and exposure to the elements are a few of the well-known dangers associated with winter sports.

But every year, a less publicized killer takes the lives of between two and four skiers on Aspen's mountains: heart attacks.

This winter is no exception. So far this ski season, there have already been two deaths (in Snowmass); a third person had a heart attack, was revived, but later died in the hospital, according to a cardiologist at Aspen Valley Hospital. Full Story