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Two college students missing after going on Ice Mountain hike as search team makes devastating discoveries

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Two college students, Kaden Matsuda and Jackson Donlon, went missing after a hiking trip on Ice Mountain in Colorado over the weekend. The sheriff’s office reported that the pair left from the Colorado Mountain College Leadville campus Friday for their adventure but did not return as planned due to rapidly changing weather conditions that turned rainy to heavy snow by Saturday afternoon. On Tuesday, search teams found a tent with camping gear and clothing but no signs of the students or recent activity in the snow around it.

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Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, both students at Colorado Mountain College Leadville's campus in Leadville, Chaffee County, were found dead on Wednesday after going missing during a hike to Ice Mountain on October 23. The sheriff’s office said foul play is not suspected but would not speculate further until autopsy results are available. The pair left the college campus for their backpacking adventure over the weekend and planned to return two days later, but severe weather conditions, including a heavy snowstorm, likely contributed to their disappearance. Search efforts involved 60 volunteers from six different counties who braved treacherous trails and deteriorating weather. Their bodies were discovered in a basin near West Apostle Mountain, approximately 100 miles southeast of Aspen.

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Two college students in Colorado disappeared while on a snowy hike over the weekend — and authorities searching for them say the window to find them is rapidly closing. asserted

window → disappear → them

Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, left the Colorado Mountain College Leadville campus Friday for a backpacking adventure on Ice Mountain — a nearly 14,000-foot peak on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains in Chaffee County, the sheriff’s office said. asserted

office → leave → County

Friends who spoke with the pair said they planned on returning from the camping trek Saturday if they didn’t feel safe — or Sunday if conditions were good, the station reported. asserted

station → speak → trek

The weather, however, quickly turned from rain to heavy snow at around 1 p.m. Saturday, causing “horrific road conditions,” Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office said. asserted

Office → turn → conditions

Crews combing the area by helicopter Tuesday discovered a tent collapsed under the snow with their sleeping bags, a stove and clothing inside — but the students were nowhere to be found. asserted

students → comb → bags

“There was no snow under the tent and there were no visible footprints in the snow which suggested, again, this was all in place before the snow came in,” the office explained. uncertain

office → be → place

Two college students missing after going on Ice Mountain hike as search team makes devastating discoveries

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