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Six skiers and snowboarders were buried alive last Saturday in an avalanche many called predictable. One survived. As details of the accident trickled out—their high level of experience and position in the ski industry—it became impossible not to ask: How did they end up in Colorado's deadliest slide in 50 years?

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