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Backcountry snowboarder killed near Ophir marks first avalanche death of the season
A snowboarder killed Monday in the backcountry of the San Juan Mountains marked the first avalanche death of the season.  Dr. Peter Harrelson, 67, died after he was caught in an avalanche triggered in the Waterfall Creek area near Ophir, a small mountain town 13 miles south of Telluride, according to the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office. Harrelson was a longtime resident of Ophir. His friends and family followed his tracks Monday night after reporting him overdue, but were unable to find him, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said in a preliminary report.  San Miguel County deputies and search and rescue teams began looking for Harrelson on Monday night and continued thei

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