James Lindenblatt, 37, of Summit County, was killed in a backcountry avalanche while skiing outside of Marble on Sunday afternoon, according to the Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office.

Two other men, who had been skiing with Lindenblatt, survived the slide and called the sheriff’s office Sunday at 4:30 p.m. reporting the avalanche. They said that they had dug him out of the slide, and found him dead before skiing out.

Monday morning, Crested Butte Search and Rescue traveled into the avalanche area and successfully recovered the body.