persons so far. joining me now is ethan green, what are you hearing about this? well, really just the same media reports that you re hearing. it sounds like it was a popular ski place and it caught several people. sounded like there was a few people missing and i m not sure if they have been recovered or not. what is the protocol for something like this? . it really depends on the situation. typically people are carrying a searchable device which would allow other people in their group to look for them, locate them and extra case them from the snow. if it is a popular ski year are r where people are not carrying
carlson is hoping the skiers he was with find him before he suffocates. and they do. he is a very lucky man. on the average, in the u.s., 28 people die each year from avalanches. often with hundreds of tons of snow plummeting down the mountain. i ski at colorado s copper mountain with one of the top avalanche experts in the united states. how are the conditions? good for skiing. reporter: ethan green is the director of the colorado avalanche information center. his state agency s responsibility in part to forecast the probability of avalanches. this is may flower gulch. reporter: he takes me away from the resort and into the back country where most avalanches occur to learn about the three essentials for back country skiers. beacon, probe and shovel. reporter: the beacon. we all turn these on so they
death. it s an avalanche. he is buried about five feet under the snow, unable to move. [ yelling ] carlson is hoping the skiers he was with find him before he suffocates. and they do. he s a very lucky man. on the average in the u.s., 28 people die each year from avalanches, often with hundreds of tons of snow plummeting down the mountain. i ski at colorado s copper mountain with one of the top avalanche experts in the united states. how are the conditions? good for skiing. reporter: ethan green is the director of the colorado avalanche information center. his state agency s responsibility in part to forecast the probability of avalanches. this is mayflower gulch. reporter: he takes me away from the resort and into the back country where most avalanches occur to learn about the three essentials for back country skiers. beacon, probe, shovel.
christopher carlson, who was wearing a helmet cam, came very close to documenting his own death. it s an avalanche. he is buried about five feet under the snow, unable to move. [ yelling ] carlson is hoping the skiers he was with find him before he suffocates. and they do. he s a very lucky man. on the average in the u.s., 28 people die each year from avalanches, often with hundreds of tons of snow plummeting down the mountain. i ski at colorado s copper mountain with one of the top avalanche experts in the united states. how are the conditions? good for skiing. reporter: ethan green is the director of the colorado avalanche information center. his state agency s responsibility in part to forecast the probability of avalanches. this is mayflower gulch. reporter: he takes me away from the resort and into the back country where most avalanches occur to learn about
under the snow, unable to move. [ yelling ] carlson is hoping the skiers he was with find him before he suffocates. and they do. he s a very lucky man. on the average in the u.s., 28 people die each year from avalanches, often with hundreds of tons of snow plummeting down the mountain. i ski at colorado s copper mountain with one of the top avalanche experts in the united states. how are the conditions? good for skiing. reporter: ethan green is the director of the colorado avalanche information center. his state agency s responsibility in part to forecast the probability of avalanches. this is mayflower gulch. reporter: he takes me away from the resort and into the back country where most avalanches occur to learn about the three essentials for back country skiers. beacon, probe, shovel.