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Deadly Colorado avalanche season prompts reflection on messaging
Durango, Colorado Currently Fri 57% chance of precipitation 55% chance of precipitation 8% chance of precipitation
12 people died in slides statewide, 5 in San Juans as of this week
Friday, April 16, 2021 5:33 AM Snowfall in the mountains of Colorado in October, followed by weeks of a dry spell, resulted in a weak and unstable snowpack for the entire winter, which posed high avalanche danger to backcountry recreationists. Courtesy of San Juan County Search and Rescue/Silverton Medical Rescue
Deadly Colorado avalanche season prompts reflection on messaging Snowfall in the mountains of Colorado in October, followed by weeks of a dry spell, resulted in a weak and unstable snowpack for the entire winter, which posed high avalanche danger to backcountry recreationists.
Time: 12:30 PM (Estimated) Summary Description: 1 backcountry skier caught, buried, and killed Avalanche Comments: This was a soft slab avalanche triggered by a skier. The avalanche was small relative to the path and destructive enough to injure, bury, or kill a person. The avalanche failed on an old layer of faceted snow.. The crown face of the avalanche was 3 to 7 feet deep, 400 feet wide, and the debris ran about 400 feet. At the crown of the avalanche the faceted snow layer was three to seven feet below the snowpack surface. One hundred vertical feet down slope from the crown face, the snowpack was shallower, not wind affected, and the weak layer was only two feet from the surface. This was a Persistent Slab avalanche.