A wife found the body of her husband buried in 3 feet of snow after he was killed in an avalanche in Colorado on Tuesday, Jan ...

Donald Moden Jr., 57, was backcountry skiing near Red Mountain Pass on January 7 when he got caught in the snow slide.

An unstable snowpack due to topsy-turvy weather late last year was one of the factors behind the first deadly avalanche of the year in Colorado, according to investigators.