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Body of NJ senior killed in Washington state avalanche found

The body of Yun Park, 66, of Palisades Park, New Jersey, the third and final victim of a February avalanche on Washington's Colchuck Peak, has been recovered.

The body of the third and final climber killed last winter in an avalanche on Washington’s Colchuck Peak has been recovered, officials said.

HUSBAND OF OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST JUSTYNA KOWALCZYK KILLED IN AVALANCHE AT 38

A hiker on Thursday found the body of Yun Park, a 66-year-old man from Palisades Park, New Jersey, and reported it to the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office. A helicopter rescue team recovered the body Friday.

Park and two other climbers were killed Feb. 19 as they ascended a steep, snow-packed gulley on the 8,705-foot Colchuck Peak, about 70 miles east of Seattle, amid risky avalanche conditions. A fourth member of the party suffered only minor injuries when caught up in the avalanche and was able to hike down.

MOUNTAINEERS WHO DISAPPEARED NEAR AMERICA'S HIGHEST PEAK BELIEVED DEAD

One of the victims, Seong Cho, 54, a Korean citizen residing in West Hartford, Connecticut, was located days later. The body of of 60-year-old Jeannie Lee, of Bayside, New York, was recovered in late May.

The three were part of a New York-based climbing club, officials said at the time of the avalanche.

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