With COVID Limiting Some Resort Skiing, Alpine Rescue Team Prepares For More Backcountry Emergencies
As Coloradans start to play in the snow, Alpine Rescue went to work in it.
As Coloradans start to play in the snow, Alpine Rescue went to work in it.
Avalanche forecasters recently raised warning flags following a pair of skier-triggered snowslides that prove conditions already exist that threaten the safety of anyone playing on Colorado mountain slopes.
There is a greater chance for fast melting snow and avalanches in Colorado's mountain areas this week.
The snowboarders say they checked the conditions, took precautions and were riding on public lands. "Hindsight is always 20/20," one said.
Two snowboarders accused of causing an avalanche that buried a road above the Eisenhower Tunnel may have to pay $168,000 in damages.
The avalanche buried hundreds of feet of the Loop Road in 20 feet of debris.
Daniel Escalante was a former mountain guide and Crested Butte town councilman and had extensive backcountry experience.
The Custer County Search and Rescue team responded to a person who was carried in an avalanche on Horn Peak.
Three people were skiing together when the uphill skier triggered the avalanche, knocking the other two down. One of the skiers escaped, but the other was carried approximately 1,800 feet.
His companion, also on board a snowmobile, found the injured rider, stabilized him, and then rode out to a trailhead to call for help.
March 3 marks the first anniversary of a massive avalanche caught on camera as it barreled across Interstate 70 near Copper Mountain.
Rescue crews with Centura Health Flight For Life Colorado spent Wednesday morning.
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center released dramatic video over the weekend that shows a snowmobile rider triggering an avalanche moments after skiiers passed through the same area.
As more people head into the backcountry for some winter fun, search and rescue crews in Summit County are urging people have their avalanche beacons with them and know how to use them in an emergency.
Conditions are ripe for enjoying Colorado's backcountry.
Authorities in Eagle County confirmed the deaths of two men Sunday. The pair was killed in an avalanche Saturday on Muddy Pass near Vail.
The Colorado Department of Transportation conducted avalanche mitigation on US Highway 6 on Tuesday morning.
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says a backcountry skier triggered an avalanche on Boreas Pass in the Vail and Summit County Forecast Zone.
A winter storm caused significant closures on Interstate 70 Friday. The westbound lanes of the highway were closed at noon from Golden all the way to the Eisenhower Tunnel.
Heavy snow will cause extremely difficult travel in the mountains through Friday night. For Denver and the Front Range, expect more light to moderate snow with occasional heavier snow bands.
Relentless snow and wind pounded Summit County and the Interstate 70 mountain corridor, prompting officials to issue a civil emergency for the area. The American Red Cross opened a shelter to accommodate I-70 travelers.
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is issuing a warning about the risk for avalanches this weekend.
A pair of backcountry skiers were able to pull off a rescue when an avalanche buried their dog.
Authorities say a woman was killed in an ice climbing accident in southwest Colorado.
With another round of snow pushing into the Colorado high country the threat for avalanches will remain for many back country areas through the weekend.
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The combination of a strong low pressure area north of Colorado and a powerful jet stream flowing over our state and New Mexico created damaging wind gusts across the region to start the week.
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Winds have arrived across the Front Range of Colorado. Top wind gusts reports so far today clocked in at 96 MPH southwest of Colorado Springs, and 87 MPH in Boulder.
With four school staff members arrested in the last several months, Jefferson County parents are raising concerns with the arrests themselves, but also what they see as shortcomings in the district's hiring practices.
A Greenwood Village family is feeling relief after one of the police department's K-9s saved a woman who had been missing for several hours.
The combination of a strong low pressure area north of Colorado and a powerful jet stream flowing over our state and New Mexico created damaging wind gusts across the region to start the week.
With less than three days left in the legislative session, leading Republicans and Democrats have reached a deal on a property tax bill. While your tax bill will still increase, the bill will soften the blow.
Watch meteorologist Callie Zanandrie's forecast.
A Greenwood Village family is feeling relief after one of the police department's K-9s saved a woman who had been missing for several hours.
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With less than three days left in the legislative session, leading Republicans and Democrats have reached a deal on a property tax bill. While your tax bill will still increase, the bill will soften the blow.
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