That victim was the only person caught in the snow slide, the sheriff said. One person has died in an avalanche outside Aspen, Colorado, the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office said Monday. The victim was the only person caught in the snow slide, the sheriff's office said. The victim was part of group of people staying at the Markley Hut near the town of Ashcroft and touring the backcountry, according to a preliminary report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The group tried to revive the victim after extricating him from the snow, but they were not successful, according to the report. The avalanche began at about 11,200 feet on a north-northeast facing slope on Green Mountain. It ran for about 200 vertical feet at 400 feet wide, the report states. The sheriff's office had warned about dangerous conditions on Saturday. ABC News' Julia Jacobo and Bonnie Mclean contributed to this report.<doc-sep>No Injuries Reported After Driver Crashes Into Freakys Store In ParkerNo one was injured on Tuesday night after a driver crashed into the Freakys store in Parker. More Avalanche, Nuggets Fans Can Attend Playoffs At Ball Arena, Capacity Increased To 10,500More fans can head to Ball Arena for the Colorado Avalanche and Denver Nuggets playoff games. Capacity has been increased to 10,500 fans. After Scoring Barrage By Damian Lillard, Aaron Gordon Told Denver Nuggets Coaches At Halftime 'I Got Him'The Nuggets had a problem: they had no answer for the barrage of shots Damian Lillard was making. It wasn't until Aaron Gordon spoke up at halftime that things changed. Michael Porter Jr. Comes in Third In Voting For NBA's Most Improved AwardDenver Nuggets forward Michael Porter Jr. came in third in voting for the NBA's Most Improved Award. WATCH: Shaq Tries To Address Nikola Jokic In Serbian During Postgame InterviewThe Inside The NBA analyst took a shot at congratulating Jokic in his native language. It had mixed results. 'Numbers Don't Lie': Former Denver Nugget Star Fat Lever Pulls For Nikola Jokic As MVPNikola Jokic is one of three finalists for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award.<doc-sep>A man was killed in an avalanche near Aspen, Colorado, authorities said Monday, the same day that relatives confirmed the second victim an avalanche last week in New Mexico had died. The Pitkin County, Colorado, Sheriff's Office said the man who died Monday was trapped in an avalanche near the Markley Hut, a boarding facility for skiers along Express Creek south of Aspen. The man was part of a group of six skiers who were caught in the avalanche at about 10:20 a.m. (12:20 p.m. ET), the sheriff's office said. Attempts at CPR failed to revive the man, whose identity was withheld released pending notification of his family, officials said. The five other members of the ski group and all 26 responding members of the Mountain Rescue Aspen team were alive and safe, the sheriff's office said. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center said an advisory was in effect for Aspen-area mountains through Monday evening. More than 280 avalanches had been recorded in the region since Jan. 11. No further information was immediately available. Meanwhile, relatives confirmed that Corey Borg-Massanari, 22, of Vail, Colorado, died at University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque, where he had been listed in critical condition since the avalanche Thursday on Kachina Peak at Taos Ski Valley, about 125 miles northeast of Albuquerque. Matthew Zonghetti, 26, of Mansfield, Massachusetts, with whom Borg-Massanari was skiing, died shortly after the incident last week, Sherman & Jackson Funeral Home of Mansfield confirmed. They are believed to be the only two victims, Taos Ski Valley said. Borg-Massanari was born in Pueblo, Colorado, and was raised in Brainerd, Minnesota, his family said. He attended Colorado Mountain College and began working as a zip line tour guide at Zip Adventures in Wolcott, Colorado, in May. "Corey was an experienced and avid skier and loved the outdoors," his family said. "He enjoyed camping, fishing, zip-lining, snowmobiling, dirt biking and so much more. He liked working on his Jeep with his dad and learned the love of cooking from his mom."<doc-sep>
An avalanche near Aspen claimed the life of a man who was skiing in the backcountry Monday, according to the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. The name and age of the victim have not been released. The avalanche occurred shortly before 10:30 a.m. in a wilderness area near the Markley Hut, said Alex Burchetta, chief deputy of operations for the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office. The victim was with five family members and friends when he was overtaken by an avalanche, Burchetta said. Family and friends dug him out of the snow and performed CPR. An Aspen Mountain Rescue volunteer was in the area and called 911, Burchetta said. Eventually, CPR was discontinued. Two Mountain Rescue Aspen teams and sheriff’s deputies were responding to the avalanche area to help evacuate the five friends and family members. Afterward, volunteers will remove the body of the man killed in the avalanche, Burchetta said. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center recently has issued multiple backcountry skiing warnings because of heavy snowfall in the area, he said. “I would say the hazards are significant. Conditions in the backcountry are dangerous,” Burchetta said. “It’s a terrible situation for sure.” The avalanche was the second of 2019 to claim a life in Colorado. On Jan. 5, an avalanche on Upper Senator Beck Basin, northwest of Red Mountain Pass, killed Peter Marshall, of Longmont. He was a member of a class at the Silverton Avalanche School that was learning avalanche safety, according to prior Denver Post reports. At the time, five other skiers were caught in the avalanche. Marshall was buried in about 8 feet of snow and it took about 50 minutes to dig his body out.