Snowdonia avalanche death man is named

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The walker who died after an avalanche in Snowdonia on Saturday has been named.

Martin Richard Coleman, 36, from Bodfari in Denbighshire, was swept down a gully when snow hanging over a ridge he was walking on collapsed.

He was with two women on Y Garn, in the Glyder range, and fell about 500ft (150m) shortly after 14:00 GMT on Saturday.

An inquest into his death has been opened and adjourned to a later date.