Former Ouray Mountain Rescue Team member Don Moden Jr. was identified as the man who died in an avalanche on the northwest flank of Red Mountain No. 3.
The avalanche was 800 feet wide and traveled 400 feet vertically, the agency wrote.
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An experienced backcountry skier died in an avalanche on Red Mountain Pass in Colorado and his wife was the one who found him buried in the snow.
OURAY COUNTY, Colo. (Gray News) - A woman found her husband dead in three feet of snow after an avalanche in Colorado.
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Donald Moden Jr., 57, was backcountry skiing near Red Mountain Pass on January 7 when he got caught in the snow slide.
An unstable snowpack due to topsy-turvy weather late last year was one of the factors behind the first deadly avalanche of the year in Colorado, according to investigators.