{"id":1683,"date":"2026-06-17T12:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1683"},"modified":"2026-06-17T12:03:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T12:03:36","slug":"colorado-man-killed-in-climbing-fall-on-mt-sneffels-family-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1683","title":{"rendered":"Colorado man killed in climbing fall on Mt. Sneffels, family says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A Colorado man was killed in a fall while climbing Mt. Sneffels, a 14er on the Western Slope near Ouray, according to his family.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1681\">Bow Mar\u2019s plan to install a gate to reduce traffic has Denver, Littleton ready to retaliate<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bret Brachman-Goldstein, 32, of Montrose was climbing the 14,150-foot Mt. Sneffels when he fell, family members wrote in an obituary for Crippin Funeral Home.<\/p>\n<p>Brachman-Goldstein\u2019s identity was confirmed Monday by the Ouray County Coroner\u2019s Office, the Ouray County Plaindealer reported. The coroner\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators believe he was running on the mountain and fell on scree, or loose stones and rocky debris on the mountainside, the Plaindealer reported. His body was found by hikers on Thursday, and investigators believe he died the day before, on June 10.<\/p>\n<p>Brachman-Goldstein moved to Montrose from Denver about five years ago and loved the outdoors, his family wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1679\">Judge rules transgender people won\u2019t face criminal charges for using Idaho public restrooms<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBret found a home and a place where he was truly free among the peaks with a community of wonderful friends that shared a boundless enthusiasm for wild places only the mountains could provide,\u201d family members wrote in his obituary.<\/p>\n<p>Sneffels was one of his favorite Colorado peaks, they added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBret had climbed this mountain countless times alone and with his friends and his soul eternally remains within her embrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=1677\">3 arrested, 6 more indicted in Boulder County in $300,000 Front Range card-skimming scheme<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bret Brachman-Goldstein of Montrose was killed in a fall while climbing Mt. 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