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212 snowmobilers have died from sled-triggered avalanches since the 1950-51 winter season, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

Of those, 116 have occurred in the last decade, reports Janice Kurbjun in the Summit Daily News.

Check out this series of photos of a snowmobiler caught in an avalanche.

By comparison, 178 skiers, 165 climbers and 29 snowboarders have died in avalanches in the past 60 years; 52, 27 and 17, respectively, occurred in the last decade.  (Three men have died when they were caught in avalanches while skiing in Colorado in the past week.)

CAIC director Ethan Greene said though snowmobilers lead the way in avalanche fatalities nationwide, the same isn't true for Colorado.

Learn more about snowmobiling safety and why at least one expert thinks it's better to sit and watch your buddy work his way out of a stalled highpoint rather than to help him out.

Watch the website later this week for photos from R. Scott Rappold's first snowmobiling trip!