Donald Moden Jr., 57, was caught in a Colorado avalanche on Jan. 7. More than four hours later, his concerned wife found him three feet under the snow.

A skier died in an avalanche, Colorado officials said. On Jan. 7, a backcountry skier was “caught, buried, and killed in an avalanche on Red Mountain Number 3” near Bollywood, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

On Jan. 7, 57-year-old Donald Moden Jr. hit the slopes for a solo ski trip on Red Mountain Pass in Colorado. According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Cen

Image via Facebook Out of all the people who can stumble across your dead body, your spouse is probably one of the most traumatic — outside of parent or own child. Sadly, a Colorado wife made the grisly discovery of finding her own husband's frozen body after he passed away in an avalanche.

A wife found the body of her husband buried in 3 feet of snow after he was killed in an avalanche in Colorado on Tuesday, Jan. 7, an official Colorado Avalanche Information Center