Snowboarders Killed in Colorado Avalanche

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Weather.com - 4/20/13, AP

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GEORGETOWN, Colo.  -- Five snowboarders were killed Saturday afternoon after apparently triggering a backcountry avalanche on Colorado's Loveland Pass, authorities said.

Search and rescue crews recovered the bodies several hours after the slide, which was 600 yards wide and eight feet deep, said Clear Creek County Sheriff Don Krueger.

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