Seibert's accident isn't unique: Avalanches kill more people each year than any other natural disaster in the state, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
Miles Venzara is leading an effort to put an end to avalanche accidents.
Venzara co-owns Pine Needle Mountaineering in Durango, and he's trying to send young skiers to avalanche school through a new scholarship fund.
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