The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is urging residents and tourists alike to heed dangerous avalanche conditions in the backcountry this Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend as the number of avalanche deaths in the state continues to increase. COwx
DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is urging residents and tourists alike to heed dangerous avalanche conditions in the backcountry this Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend as the number of avalanche deaths in the state continues to increase.
Ethan Greene, the director for the CAIC, sad in a news release Tuesday early season snowfall followed by heavy snow in early December and early January created avalanche conditions, which triggered over 50 avalanches just over the past weekend. CAIC officials say over 870 avalanches have been recorded in Colorado since Dec. 26, leading to fatal avalanche deaths each of the last three weekends.
Denver 7+ Colorado News Latest Headlines | January 11, 11am Avalanche danger remained “considerable” for the northern, central and San Juan mountain ranges for both Wednesday and Thursday, according to the CAIC avalanche forecast, which is the most important thing backcountry people heading to recreate in the backcountry can check before going to the mountains this holiday weekend.
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