In the past nine days, 84 human-triggered avalanches were reported and more than 200 natural avalanches in just the central mountains of Colorado. Researchers in the field investigating Fridayâs slide in the Anthracite Range, a popular backcountry skiing area off Kebler Pass west of Crested Butte, captured this telltale image of the dangerously weak snowpack pervasive across Coloradoâs mountains right now. On Saturday, two backcountry skiers were âcaught, buried, and killed in an avalanche in the North San Juans,â the Colorado Avalanche Information Center reported Sunday night.
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