An old skier was found buried on a deserted road by his wife using a transceiver

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A Colorado woman discovers that her husband has been buried in heavy rain after he didn’t come in as planned, so she starts searching 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 Jan. 7 in an area known as “Bollywood” just outside Red Mountain Pass. Ouray County Plaindealer He reported.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CIC) said in a report that the 57-year-old may have been buried for more than four hours before being discovered.

The hail was 800 feet wide and traveled 400 feet vertically, the agency wrote.

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Donald Moden Jr., 57, was buried in an avalanche on January 7 in Ouray County, Colorado. He was likely buried in the snow for four hours before he was found dead, the California Avalanche Information Center reported. (Facebook)

Moden’s wife contacted the Ouray County Sheriff’s Office after her husband didn’t make it in as planned, then went to the trailhead herself. She turned on her skis and immediately got a response from her husband’s transmitter. The Colorado Sun He reported. She immediately found him with a ski probe and called the surrounding skiers for help.

In addition to the transmission, the outlet reported, Moden was wearing a desert airbag that never deployed.

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Pictured is an aerial view of the crash site. Donald Moden Jr. began his descent in the yellow circle and was found buried on the red X, according to CAIC.

Pictured is an aerial view of the crash site. According to CAIC, Moden’s descent began with the yellow circle and was buried on the red X. (California Avalanche Information Center)

He was likely downhill skiing when he fell, CAIC said, and was on his seventh run of the day. He was buried too deep to save himself, they wrote.

“He had skied Red Mountain Pass for 16 years and knew the terrain on Red No. 3 very well,” the report read. “Based on his previous experience on the slopes and the snowpack, he chose the terrain that suited him for the day.”

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The head and toes of the Ouray County Avalanche that killed Moden are right and left.

The head and toes of the Ouray County Avalanche that killed Moden are right and left. (CAIC)

Moden skied on a nearby slope the day before and did not see signs of a potentially dangerous ice pack, CAIC said.

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Moden’s death is the first reported blizzard fatality in Colorado this ski season. Since Nov. 9, CAIC has reported 25 backcountry skiers and hikers caught in 23 separate ski runs.

Seven of these victims were buried in snow and debris. According to the Colorado Sun , those numbers aren’t particularly high from previous seasons.