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The son of a university president was killed on New Year's Eve in an avalanche that occurred while he was backcountry skiing with his father.
Nick Feinstein, 22, and his father Andy Feinstein were caught in an avalanche near the Breckenridge ski resort in Colorado, in an area known as The Numbers.
Both men were experienced outdoorsmen and skiers.
The avalanche occurred at roughly 1pm on Saturday burying Nick and partially burying his father, who is president of the University of Northern Colorado.
Nick (Left) Feinstein and his father Andy (Right) Feinstein were both trained outdoorsmen who enjoyed camping, climbing, fishing and skiing together
A team of nearly two dozen rescuers and canine teams were on the scene at Breckenridge shortly after the avalanche - two hours after the snow fell, a canine team found Nick's body
Andy was able to dig himself out of the snow and ski to an area with cell phone reception to call 911 at 1.40pm.
A team of more than 20 rescuers and search dogs descended on the area to search for Nick. A dog team recovered his body at just past 3pm in about three feet of snow.
Andy described the moment the avalanche descended without warning: 'One minute I was skiing and enjoying the powder, and the next minute I was riding what looked like a violent wave of whitewash,' he told the Greeley Tribune.
Feinstein also described using his fingertips to dig himself a window in the snow that was covering his head. He said he wasn't
