By Jesse Sarles Click here for updates on this story     Colorado (KCNC) — An experienced solo backcountry skier and a one-time member of the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team was the person who died in an avalanche in Colorado a week ago. It is the only fatal avalanche in the state so far this winter. On Jan. 7 Donald Moden Jr., 57, died on Red Mountain Number 3 near Red Mountain Pass. Moden’s wife contacted the sheriff’s office when he missed a plann…

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The man "may have been buried for more than four hours," an official report stated on Wednesday, Jan. 15Ouray Mountain Rescue Team, Inc./Facebook Don Moden Jr.A wife found the body of her husband buried in 3 feet of snow after he was killed in an avalanche in Colorado on Tuesday, Jan. 7, an official Colorado Avalanche Information Center report statedThe skier "may have been buried for more than four hours before help arrived," the report addedTh…

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(FOX NEWS) – A Colorado woman learned her husband was buried by an avalanche after he never checked in as planned, and she began searching for him under the snow. Donald Moden Jr., a 57-year-old veteran skier who was once a member of the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team, was killed on Jan. 7 in an area off Red Mountain Pass known as “Bollywood,” the Ouray County Plaindealer reported. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) wrote in a report t…

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DENVER (KDVR) -- An experienced backcountry skier never called his wife after spending a day on Red Mountain Pass, and after she went looking for him, she found him buried in a deadly avalanche, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The center said the victim had skied on Red Mountain Pass for 16 years and knew the terrain well. At the time, the avalanche forecast read the danger was moderate, a level two out of five at all ele…

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Veteran skier found buried in avalanche on desolate trail by wife using transceiver

The Ridgway man who died Jan. 7 in an avalanche in southwestern Colorado was found by his wife who went to the trail after he did not check in as planned, Colorado Avalanche Information Center officials said Tuesday in their updated report. Donald Moden Jr., who was 57 and a one-time member of the Ouray Mountain Rescue team, was killed in an area known as “Bollywood” east of U.S. 550 off Red Mountain Pass, the Ouray County coroner told the Ouray…

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The Ridgway man who died Jan. 7 in an avalanche in southwestern Colorado was found by his wife who went to the trail after he did not check in as planned, Colorado Avalanche Information Center officials said Tuesday in their…

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Aerial image of Red Mountain Number 3. The fatal avalanche on January 7, 2025, is circled in red. The yellow circle marks an avalanche remotely triggered on January 3, 2025, on a similar terrain feature. Skier 1 and Rescuer 1 skied the open slope in between the two avalanches on January 6, 2025 | Image: CAIC On Tuesday, January 7, an avalanche caught, buried, and killed a backcountry skier on Red Mountain Number 3, east of Red Mountain Pass, Col…

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A Colorado woman learned her husband was buried by an avalanche after he never checked in as planned, and she began searching for him under the snow.  Donald Moden Jr., a 57-year-old veteran skier who was once a member of the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team, was killed on Jan. 7 in an area off Red Mountain Pass known as “Bollywood,” the Ouray County Plaindealer reported.  The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) wrote in a report that the 57-…

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