{"id":806537,"date":"2020-04-18T11:49:44","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T17:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=381937"},"modified":"2020-04-18T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T17:49:44","slug":"identity-cause-of-death-released-for-red-peak-avalanche-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/identity-cause-of-death-released-for-red-peak-avalanche-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"Identity, cause of death released for Red Peak avalanche victim"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The view from the Flight for Life helicopter as members of the Summit County Rescue Group conducted a mission to recover the body of a skier who died in an avalanche. <\/strong>
Courtesy Summit County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

DILLON \u2014 Aaron Weiner, 30, of Denver has been identified as the man who was killed in an avalanche Wednesday on Red Peak north of Silverthorne, according to Summit County Coroner Regan Wood.<\/p>\n

Wood said Weiner died from multiple blunt-force trauma injuries suffered in the slide.<\/p>\n

According to the Summit County Rescue Group<\/a>, Weiner was skiing Wednesday afternoon on Red Peak in the Gore Range north of Silverthorne before a skier-triggered avalanche carried him about 1,800 feet down the mountain, leading to his fatal injuries. The other two men in the group avoided the slide.<\/p>\n

The group of three skiers ascended the mountain from the southeast side and spent a short time on the summit before making their way back down, according to the rescue group. The skiers were on the upper portion of their planned path, a couloir known as Oh What Big Eyes You Have on the north side of the mountain, when a shallow avalanche broke near the most uphill skier.<\/p>\n

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