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A backcountry skier died Sunday after getting caught in an avalanche near Crested Butte, according to the .
The skier got caught in the avalanche about 1 p.m. Sunday east of Ohio Peak in the Anthracite Range, in an area known as the Playground, according to the CAIC.
The skier’s partners located and extricated him from the debris, according to the CAIC, but he died from his injuries.
This is the second avalanche death this season after a snowboarder died in January near Telluride.
