Colorado Springs man dies in hiking accident
Posted: 09.16.2012 at 6:50 PM
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ASPEN, COLO. -- Authorities releasing the name of a man who fell to his death while hiking near Aspen this weekend.

The Pitkin County Coroner's office says the man is 34-year-old Derek Kelley of Colorado Springs.

Authorities say Kelley was about 300 feet from the summit of North Maroon Peak when he fell after a boulder came loose Saturday morning.

Kelley's body has since been removed from the mountain.