Aric Wilkerson, an 8-year veteran of the Copper Mountain Ski Patrol, tosses a hand charge with a two-and-a-half minute fuse into Spaulding Bowl, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006, in Copper Mountain, Colo., while working on basic avalanche control at the ski area as a major snowstorm blankets much of Colorado.
(Photo: AP/Summit Daily News, Mark Fox)
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