A Colorado snowmobiler was buried and is missing after an avalanche near La Manga Pass in Conejos County on Saturday.
The avalanche released on a southeast slope near the Red Lakes trailhead at about 10,600 feet, according to a report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC).
The Conejos County Sheriff’s Office said it received a SOS notification around 2:30 p.m. Saturday about an avalanche with people buried.
A group of people had been snowmobiling in the backcountry when the avalanche happened, the sheriff’s office learned. One man, identified as 45-year-old Kevin Gray of Antonito, had been buried in the snow.
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