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15 workers on office retreat hiked up a mountain — and one got left behind

1:53pm August 29, 2024

The insurance workers were on an office retreat in the Rocky Mountains when they met at dawn to begin a hike to the summit of Mount Shavano. But one man didn't make it back down until the next day.

A grandson of Forrest Fenn, seen here in 2015, has confirmed the identity of the man who found Fenn's buried stash of gold and jewels in Wyoming in June.

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Finder Of Treasure Chest Hidden In Rocky Mountains Reveals His Identity

2:57pm December 08, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The grandson of Forrest Fenn, who hid the trove that set off a hunt for buried treasure, confirmed that it was found by a man named Jack Stuef. Stuef says a lawsuit forced him to come forward.

Jeff Derry, director of the Colorado-based Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies, digs a snow pit at the Swamp Angel monitoring site in the San Juan Mountains.

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The Rocky Mountains Have A Dust Problem

3:44pm April 22, 2018

by Luke Runyon

Dust in the Rocky Mountain snow can cause elevated water runoff, and greater opportunities for forest fires.

An Illinois man was looking for buried treasure when he fell to his death at Yellowstone National Park last June. Here, bison graze just inside the park near Gardiner, Mont., in 2011.

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Search for Buried Treasure Linked to Illinois Man's Death At Yellowstone

8:29pm February 20, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Jeff Murphy is the fourth man to die while searching for a treasure chest reportedly buried somewhere in the Rockies by eccentric millionaire Forrest Fenn.