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The snowmobiler who was caught up in an avalanche with his brother last weekend is sharing his story in hopes that others will become more aware of dangers and be prepared when heading into the backcountry.

Jordan Lundstedt survived the slide, but his older brother, Tyler, did not.

"You feel the ground shake, almost like the ground fell," Jordan Lundstedt told Fox 31/Denver. "I don’t know how much it fell. (I) heard distant thunder and everything started sliding. You’re not seeing anything. ... You’re kind of panicking at that moment, just trying to tread water to try to stay on top, but you don’t know what direction's where at the time. You’re kind of just tumbling."

Lundstedt said he got hung up in a tree and was able to dig himself out.

He immediately began to look for his brother, who was swept some distance away. By the time Lundstedt found him, he was dead.

Read more about the avalanche, Lundstedt's survival, and how he was found by his father - his dad's best and worst moment.