A skier was killed in an avalanche on January 7 ... 10 more inches of snow in the two days leading up to the accident covered the older snowpack with a layer of fresh powder. The skier's spouse ...

But, the fresh powder with up to a foot of accumulation in the Northern mountains will drive avalanche danger to likely increase back to considerable over the holiday weekend.

Yesterday, the CAIC forecasted “moderate” avalanche risk for the area where the accident occurred. “If you find a shallow ...

The Ridgway man who died Jan. 7 in an avalanche in southwestern Colorado was found by his wife, who went to the trail after ...

A skier and physicist at the University of Colorado Boulder who studies avalanches explains what happens in an avalanche and ...

Depending on location, the weekend weather ranged from “What a storm!” to “What storm?” The Upper Cottonwoods had 12-22 ...

CDOT studies estimate a $1.6 million hit to the Colorado economy for every hour that I-70 must be closed for avalanche ...

Slopes between 25 and 40 degrees run the greatest risk of avalanches. Those are also ideal for skiing, of course. If the slope is less than 25 degrees, there might be little slips, but the snow ...