This image provided by Colorado Avalanche Information Centre shows an avalanche that killed an unidentified snowboarder near the town of Winter Park in Colorado. Photo / APSnowboarder Maurice Kervin glided into the snow along the steep terrain in the Colorado backcountry like he's done so many times. This has been an historically dangerous avalanche season, with 32 confirmed fatalities so far, primarily in the West. In an historically dangerous avalanche season, Maurice Kervin found himself caught in one while snowboarding in Colorado. Photo / APMembers of the Summit County Rescue Group search the slide area on the Pallavicini trail at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, after an avalanche killed a 54-year-old Colorado man in Breckenridge.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 28, 2021 07:30 UTC