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Avalanche in Southwestern San Juan Mountains, Colorado
Avalanche January 6, 2015 · Southwestern San Juan Mountains, Colorado
What the National Weather Service wrote
Two cross country skiers were traversing the northwest side of Kendall Mountain when an avalanche was triggered. The snow layer fractured at the 11,300 foot layer, a short distance above one skier who was quickly swept several hundred feet down a 42 degree slope into a grove of trees. The skier caught in the avalanche came to a stop against a tree and was partially buried. That skier did not survive.
The wider storm
A deadly avalanche occurred in the western San Juan Mountains near Silverton, Colorado.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 554439. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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