Avalanche

Avalanche Danger Elevated In Western Colorado

Associated Press

The avalanche danger is elevated in western Colorado because of fresh, heavy snow and strong winds.The risk is highest Monday in the backcountry areas鈥�

Community

Winter Storm Triggers Avalanche Warnings In Colorado

Stacy Nick

The winter storm that blanketed Colorado with snow on Jan. 4 and 5 has triggered avalanche warnings for much of the high country.Several feet of new snow鈥�

Derick Noffsinger models a deployed avalanche air bag pack made by Black Diamond at an industry market in Salt Lake City last month.

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With An Air Bag, Help During An Avalanche Is A Cord-Yank Away

Ted Robbins

Air bags stored in backpacks are saving the lives of backcountry skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers. They look something like car air bags, but they work on an entirely different principle. These keep you safe simply by turning you into a larger object, and that helps you rise to the top of debris.

Environment

CAIC Says Deadly Avalanche Could Have Been Prevented

The April 20th avalanche near Loveland Pass that killed five people was the worst of its kind in more than fifty years.The Colorado Avalanche Information鈥�

Environment

Spring Snowstorm Keeps Avalanche Danger High

Emily Boyer

The recent heavy spring snowstorms have not only boosted snowpack levels in much of Colorado. The storms have also led to an increase in avalanche鈥�

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Rare On-The-Job Death For Avalanche Forecaster In Utah

Howard Berkes

An American Avalanche Association database counts only two other American forecasters killed while at work on snow.

Environment

CDOT Triggers Large Avalanches Over Berthoud And Loveland Pass

Nathan Heffel

Crews from the Colorado Department of Transportation dropped explosives from a helicopter to trigger large avalanche slides Thursday.Scott Toepfer,鈥�

Environment

Avalanche Claims First Fatality Of The Season In Snowmass [Updated]

An avalanche killed a 49-year-old, female ski patroller Sunday in a permanently closed area at Snowmass.Update 10:01 a.m.: The identity of the Snowmass鈥�

Environment

For The Mountains, Snow Finally Arrives And Brings Avalanche Danger With It

Avalanche danger in the mountains has ratcheted up quickly over the past week. Get ready for the possibility of high risk being the norm this season, all鈥�

Pakistani soldiers work Wednesday at the site of an avalanche that buried 140 people, including 129 soldiers, April 7 on the Siachen glacier. The incident revived debate in Pakistan over the price of patrolling the frozen area in the Kashmir region along the Indian border.

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In Kashmir Conflict Zone, The Glacier Is The Enemy

Julie McCarthy

It's been years since shots were fired on the Siachen glacier, where troops from Pakistan and India face off. Still, both countries devote considerable resources and often pay high costs 鈥� a point driven home by the deaths of 140 Pakistanis in an avalanche.