Body of 2nd snowmobiler found after Colorado avalanche

DENVER (AP) – Searchers have positioned the physique of a second snowmobiler killed in a Colorado mountain avalanche, authorities mentioned Sunday.

Crews utilizing canines and probing the avalanche area with poles recovered the physique of a 52-year-old Colorado man within the space of Corona Cross exterior Winter Park on Sunday, the Grand County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in an announcement.

The person’s id and reason for dying might be launched by the county coroner’s workplace “when applicable,” the assertion mentioned.

The avalanche occurred Saturday. One other snowmobiler was discovered after the slide on Saturday however couldn’t be revived, authorities mentioned. The sheriff’s workplace mentioned that sufferer was a 58-year-old Colorado man.

Avalanche hazard within the excessive nation over the weekend was rated “appreciable,” or halfway up a five-tier scale from “low” to “excessive,” in line with the Colorado Avalanche Data Heart.

Avalanches have killed at the least 4 folks in Colorado thus far this winter. On New 12 months’s Eve, an avalanche buried the president of the College of Northern Colorado and his 22-year-old son whereas they have been backcountry snowboarding close to Breckenridge, killing the son.

Winter Park is a well-liked ski vacation spot about an hour’s drive west of Denver.

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Julie Walker in New York contributed to this report.

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