Skiers say an encounter in the Colorado backcountry grew ugly this past weekend when one party triggered an avalanche that swept the member of another party through a couloir at Quandary Peak. Avon resident Trevor.
Colorado avalanche officials are warning backcountry travelers to stay out of avalanche terrain after roughly 500 avalanches were reported throughout the state in the past week amid a series of snowstorms. Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC).
It's January, after a heavy snowfall during December and so far this month. This means a heightened avalanche danger all across the Colorado backcountry.
Winter recreationists are being warned to be careful amid ongoing dangerous avalanche conditions that are expected to linger through this Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend.
Avalanche danger in the mountains around Steamboat is expected to elevate this weekend as a series of winter storms could bring multiple feet of snow and wind gusts up to 50 mph, making conditions ripe…