Snowboarder, skier die in avalanches in Rocky Mountains

OPHIR, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say a backcountry snowboarder is dead after an avalanche in southwestern Colorado. Devin Overton of Telluride was found buried in about 6 feet of snow near Lizard Head Pass after the crew of a heli-skiing helicopter spotted tracks leading into what looked like a fresh avalanche. The San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center says they found the 29-year-old after picking up a radio signal from his transceiver. Two skiers were buried in the Teton Mountains just inside Idaho on Thursday afternoon. Officials in Teton County, Wyoming, say a man was killed and a woman was injured.