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While infrequent, avalanches pose danger to winter recreators
An avalanche can happen when snowpack becomes unstable and descends downward rapidly. The greatest hazard for winter ...
Wife Uses Transceiver to Locate Husband's Body Buried in Avalanche
On Jan. 7, 57-year-old Donald Moden Jr. hit the slopes for a solo ski trip on Red Mountain Pass in Colorado. According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Cen ...
Skier triggered Jan. 7 avalanche that caused his death, avalanche experts say
Colorado’s Avalanche Information Center says a lone skier triggered the avalanche that buried and killed him in southern Colorado’s San Juan Mountains earlier this month. The agency wrote in a Jan. 16 ...
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24-year-old Marine visiting family dies from skiing accident, Colorado officials say
A 24-year-old Marine died after she suffered head injuries in a skiing accident, Colorado officials said. On Dec. 24, Jessie Mello was visiting her family in Mesa County when she had a skiing accident ...
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Monarch Pass Tops List of Feared Roads for Colorado Winter Driving
The intrepid drivers of Chaffee County know Monarch Pass, U.S. 50 over the Continental Divide -- two-lane, with steep turns ...