{"id":563,"date":"2026-06-16T04:04:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=563"},"modified":"2026-06-16T04:04:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T04:04:28","slug":"colorado-man-dies-while-hiking-14000-foot-mountain-near-ouray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=563","title":{"rendered":"Colorado man dies while hiking 14,000-foot mountain near Ouray"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A 32-year-old man from Montrose died last week on Mount Sneffels while hiking the 14,555-foot peak near Ouray in southwestern Colorado, officials said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=561\">How three Denver artists are spending $50,000 to fund their passions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bret Bachman-Goldstein was found June 11, though investigators believe he died the previous day, Ouray County Coroner Glenn Boyd said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have released few details about the circumstances of Bachman-Goldstein\u2019s death or where on the mountain he was found. Mount Sneffels, the highest peak in the Sneffels Range of the San Juan Mountains, has two Class 3 routes to its summit that involve loose rock, hands-on scrambling and exposure.<\/p>\n<p>Boyd declined to provide additional details, citing the ongoing investigation. The cause and manner of death remain pending autopsy and toxicology results.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=559\">Can you be pulled over for having tinted windows in Colorado?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Search and rescue crews from the Ouray Mountain Rescue Team, the Ouray County Sheriff\u2019s Office and the coroner\u2019s office assisted in recovering Bachman-Goldstein\u2019s body, Boyd said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, a climber died after summiting Mount Sneffels and beginning his descent, falling roughly 1,000 feet from the Southwest Ridge route.<\/p>\n<p>Ouray Mountain Rescue Team Capt. Ruth Stewart told the Ouray Plaindealer at the time that the climber was experienced and had been reported overdue by his family. His body was spotted from a plane hours after a search-and-rescue mission began.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=557\">Following a dismal winter, Vail Resorts reports a decline in early Epic pass sales for next season<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigators believe the 32-year-old man from Montrose died June 10, the day before his body was found in the Mount Sneffels area<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-outdoors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Colorado man dies while hiking 14,000-foot mountain near Ouray - Colorado Relocation Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=563\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Colorado man dies while hiking 14,000-foot mountain near Ouray - 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