NEW YORK — A 44-year-old man has died after he was buried by an avalanche in Colorado, officials said.
The victim was among four snowboarders who got caught in the avalanche near Winter Park on Monday afternoon, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said.
Two of the snowboarders were buried, the Grand County Sheriff's Department said. Bystanders and relatives were able to rescue one of the buried snowboarders, but the second was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff's office said. "This is a pretty popular backcountry riding and recreating area," said Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center."These folks actually did most of the rescue themselves, which is really what you need to do if someone's buried in the snow pack. They don't have a whole lot of time to wait for the cavalry to come, so to speak. So everybody in the group needs to have rescue equipment: that's an avalanche transceiver, a shovel and a pro pole.
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