Joe Timlin, of Gypsum, killed in Saturday’s slide
The Denver Post
Vail, CO Colorado
LOVELAND PASS – The five men killed Saturday in Colorado’s deadliest avalanche in 50 years were participants in a backcountry snowboarder event called the Rocky Mountain High Backcountry Bash.
Four of the five were expert snowboarders and one was an expert skier.
They were representatives and founders of snowsport companies, guides, avalanche experts and veteran backcountry travelers, gathering in the generally safer spring season to celebrate backcountry snowboarding, raise money for the Colorado Avalanche Information Center and test the newest gear.
The five killed in the avalanche were:
• Chris Peters, 32, was from Lakewood.
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• Joe Timlin, a 32-year-old sales representative with Jones Snowboards from Gypsum and an organizer of the backcountry gathering.
• Ryan Novack, 33, of Boulder.
• Ian Lamphere, a 36-year-oldskier from Crested Butte with an infant and fiance. Lamphere founded the company Gecko Skins, which makes innovative climbing skins.
• Rick Gaukel, a 33-year-old American Mountain Guides Association-certified climbing guide with extensive avalanche education from Estes Park.
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