A lone skier triggered an avalanche that buried and killed him in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The victim's wife found his body using a transceiver and avalanche probe.
A backcountry skier was killed in an avalanche near Red Mountain Pass, north of Silverton, on Tuesday, Jan. 7. . Colorado ’s Avalanche Information Center says a lone skier triggered the avalanche that buried and killed him in southern Colorado ’s San Juan Mountains earlier this month.that the victim was found by his wife, who contacted the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office after he failed to check in with her.
The CAIC wrote in its report that it was unable to speak to anyone who observed the Jan. 7 slide or the events that led up to it. However, investigators said an unusually snowy November followed by a mild and dry December created a fragile snowpack that was covered by a layer of powder at the time of the disaster.
The risk of avalanches was said to be moderate at the time — the third-highest risk category of five defined by the CAIC.
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