Andrew Hyde, a backcountry skier from Steamboat Springs, Colorado, was killed in an avalanche northeast of Rocky Mountain resort town, authorities said.
ROUTT COUNTY — Andrew Hyde, a backcountry skier from Steamboat Springs, Colorado,Hyde, 49, was found swept up against a tree and not breathing after the avalanche Saturday, according to a preliminary incident report for the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
Routt County Undersheriff Doug Scherar identified him on Sunday, the Steamboat Pilot & Today reported. Efforts to retrieve the body remain underway. The avalanche occurred when Hyde and another backcountry skier were on Forest Service land the Buffalo Pass area northeast of Steamboat Springs. Afterward, the second man, who the Routt County Sheriff’s Office did not identify but described as a local, called 911 and performed CPR while waiting for deputies and search and rescue to arrive.
The two men had snowmobiled into the Fish Creek drainage area before skiing through the backcountry, the sheriff’s office said. Fourteen other avalanche deaths have happened this season, including five in Colorado, the avalanche center reported.
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