12 March 2010, 12:04 am
SUMMIT COUNTY, Colorado - A snowboarder died Wednesday afternoon in a backcountry avalanche, west of Arapahoe Basin on the south side of Highway 6. 20-year-old Daniel Michelotti was riding with two other male snowboarders in the Steep Gullies area, a popular backcountry spot outside the A-Basin ski boundary. The three snowboarders triggered the avalanche at about 2:50 p.m. The slide carried ...... Read More »