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Family, friends and colleagues spent Monday night and much of Tuesday waiting, praying and hoping for a good outcome after four well-known Eagle County residents were reportedly involved in an avalanche near Silverton on Monday afternoon.
But three of the men still missing after the avalanche were presumed dead later Tuesday evening.
The four men, part of a larger group of backcountry skiers, triggered a large avalanche between the towns of Silverton and Ophir while traveling in an area known locally as “The Nose” around the Middle Fork of Mineral Creek, according to a preliminary report by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
Wrongful death lawsuit targets Silverton Avalanche School
Durango, Colorado Currently Wed 57% chance of precipitation 53% chance of precipitation 69% chance of precipitation
Man was buried and killed during a safety class near Red Mountain Pass
Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 9:30 AM Updated: Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 11:32 PM The Colorado Avalanche Information Center report on the Jan. 5 fatal avalanche included this photograph looking across U.S. Highway 550 into Sen. Beck Basin up Red Mountain Pass. The red circle marks the area of the avalanche accident. Courtesy of CSAS, NASA Airborne Snow Observatory, and SnowEx
Wrongful death lawsuit targets Silverton Avalanche School The Colorado Avalanche Information Center report on the Jan. 5 fatal avalanche included this photograph looking across U.S. Highway 550 into Sen. Beck Basin up Red Mountain Pass. The red circle marks the area of the avalanche accident.
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center report on the Jan. 5 fatal avalanche included this photograph looking across US Highway 550 into Sen. Beck Basin up Red Mountain Pass. The red circle marks the area of the avalanche accident (Courtesy of CSAS, NASA Airborne Snow Observatory, and SnowEx).
The family of a Longmont man killed in an avalanche safety class near Silverton is suing the guide, school and local rescue group as well as the maker of an avalanche airbag and its private equity firm owner. The lawsuit marks the second legal action involving avalanches in recent months based on research, interviews and reports gathered by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
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Officials are urging skiers to pay attention to forecasts after a series of avalanches killed three skiers in Colorado this weekend.
On Sunday, San Juan County Search and Rescue recovered the bodies of two skiers who were buried by the snow near Ophir Pass after they were caught in an avalanche, according to a report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC). Get push notifications with news, features and more. + Follow
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The skiers, who authorities identified as Albert Perry, 55, and Dr. Jeff Paffendorf, 51, both of Durango, were reported overdue on Saturday after having planned to ski in an area known as the Battleship.
East Brunswick-raised doctor killed in Colorado avalanche Suzanne Russell, Bridgewater Courier News
EAST BRUNSWICK – Dr. Jeff Paffendorf, a Colorado anesthesiologist who grew up in East Brunswick, was one of two backcountry skiers killed in an avalanche in the Rockies last weekend.
Township Councilman Jim Wendell and Paffendorf, 52, grew up together in the Riva Avenue neighborhood. We were in school together since first grade, said Wendell. I knew him. We haven t been friendly over the years. I follow him on Facebook, but I ve known him since we were in first grade.
Wendell said members of the Farrington Heights community near Farrington Lake are shocked by Paffendorf s death