The body of a second snowmobile who died in an avalanche on a Colorado mountain was located by searchers Sunday, authorities said.
Crews used dogs and pole probes to recover the body of a 52-year-old Colorado man in the Corona Pass area outside Winter Park, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
The county coroner’s office will release the man’s identity “where appropriate,” the statement said.
Search and rescue teams originally responded to the report of an avalanche around 2:15 p.m. Saturday.
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Rescuers took longer to find the second victim due to security and weather concerns.
(Grand County Sheriff)
First responders and area citizens who assisted in recovery efforts were able to locate one of the victims. The 58-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and taken to the Grand County Coroner’s Office.
Avalanche danger in the area over the weekend was rated “considerable,” which is in the middle of a five-level scale, from “low” to “extreme,” according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
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First responders and area citizens who assisted in recovery efforts located the two victims.
(Grand County Sheriff)
Two people died in an avalanche in Colorado on Saturday.
(Grand County Sheriff)
Avalanches have killed at least four people in Colorado so far this winter. On New Year’s Eve, an avalanche engulfed the president of the University of Northern Colorado and his 22-year-old son while cross-country skiing near Breckenridge, killing the son.
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Winter Park is a popular ski destination about an hour’s drive west of Denver.
Landon Mion of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
