Queensbury grad and Colorado college student dies during hike
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SALIDA, Colo. (WNYT)- Two missing Colorado Mountain College students found dead near Ice Mountain in Colorado include a Queensbury High School graduate. The Chaffee County Sheriff s Office, in Salida, Colorado, said searchers found Kaden Matsuda, 19, and Jackson Donlon, 20, at about 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 28 in a basin of West Apostle Mountain in Chaffee County. Matsuda and Donlon were found dead after they went missing while on a hike near Ice Mountain, according to the Chaffee County Sheriff s Office. Ice Mountain is in the Sawatch Range which consists of three mountains, according to Summitpost.org. Ice Mountain is the tallest of the three mountains at 13,951 feet. Jackson Donlon was a 2024 graduate of Queensbury High School, according to the district. School officials said Donlon was active on multiple athletic teams during high school. Search timeline Dispatchers got a call at about 10 a.m. on Oct. 26 from Colorado Mountain College Leadville Campus that the two students