Skier dies after being 'fully buried' in a Colorado avalanche
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By Jay Croft, CNN A backcountry skier near Cameron Pass in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains died Christmas Eve after being “fully buried” in an avalanche, officials said. It was Colorado’s first avalanche death of the season.
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A Colorado skier was killed in an avalanche that struck while the man and a friend were traversing slopes through the backcountry on Christmas Eve, Colorado authorities recently announced.
By Jay Croft, CNN A backcountry skier near Cameron Pass in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains died Christmas Eve after being “fully buried” in an avalanche, officials said. It was Colorado’s first avalanche death of the season.
SOUTH DIAMOND PEAK, Colo. (KRDO) -- A backcountry skier was trapped and killed under an avalanche on the southeast end of South Diamond Peak Friday, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The accident happened on a slope below treeline near Cameron Pass in the Front Range zone.
