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from the Coloradoan

EMPIRE— The son of Colorado author and nature photographer John Fielder was found dead in Clear Creek County about six hours after he was reported missing on a skiing trip, authorities said today.

Searchers located the body of John Fielder III, 26, Tuesday about 8:15 p.m. near Empire, about 45 miles west of Denver, the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Department said.

Sheriff’s Lt. Rick Albers said the younger Fielder was skiing alone. Albers declined to release any other information, saying the death was still under investigation.

The elder Fielder has published numerous guidebooks, calendars and photo books, including “John Fielder’s Best of Colorado” and “Colorado Reflections” along with “Colorado, 1870-2000” and “Colorado 1870-2000 II,” both of which pair historic photos by William Henry Jackson with images by Fielder from the same place decades later.

He also has a photo gallery in Denver, John Fielder’s Colorado.

Gallery director Maggie Whyte said Fielder had no immediate comment on his son’s death.

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