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2 skiers killed in large Colorado avalanches only days apart

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CAIC via Storyful. (March 18) Right-click to download. MARBLE, Colo. - Two people were killed in two separate avalanches in Colorado amid other recent, close calls with large avalanches.

According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), three skiers were caught in a "large avalanche," in Maroon Bowl – a steep northwest-facing slope."The avalanche broke about 200 feet wide and ran about 2,000 vertical feet," CAIC wrote in its preliminary report.

One of the riders was killed in the incident. As of Monday, further details about the victim were not immediately available.On Friday, another avalanche caught three people in Upper Rapid Creek, southwest of the town of Marble. (Credit: CAIC via Storyful) Two members of the group were injured in the avalanche.

One rider hiked out of the backcountry to get help, and the other group member was rescued by helicopter. On Saturday, Colorado authorities recovered the body of skier Joel Shute, 36, of Glenwood Springs, who was killed and buried in avalanche debris.(Credit: CAIC via Storyful) Members of Shute’s family said he was aware of avalanche dangers but was devoted to skiing.

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