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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — An autopsy has determined that a 22-year-old snowboarder suffocated after falling head first into a “tree well” at this ski resort.
Routt County Coroner Rob Ryg identified the victim of the Friday accident as Jared Daniel of Auburn, Mass.
A friend tried but was unable to pull Daniel out of the tree well, which can develop around trunks after a heavy snowfall.
It is the second such death in a week at Steamboat.
