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Jason Buehler, 43, of Niwot died Friday after falling from a ridgeline while crossing from South Maroon Peak to North Maroon Peak near Aspen, the Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office said.

Snowmass Mountain, Capitol Peak and Maroon Peak to the west have a fresh coat of snow from the storm Sunday night.

The Aspen Daily News reports the Summit County man had been coming down from a difficult climb with two other men up South Maroon Peak in the Elk Mountains.

Pitkin County Deputy Michael Buglione says in a news release that Rei Hwa Lee of Littleton died after falling from the north face of North Maroon Peak in central Colorado.

Volunteers initially searched through a large area in the Maroon Bells Wilderness before receiving tips that Lee been spotted heading up North Maroon Peak.