Avalanche warnings in effect through Wednesday morning in central, southern mountains
Several areas received more than a foot of snow in recent storm
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Two avalanches seen on Jones Pass on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020.
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DENVER â The Colorado Avalanche Information Center issued avalanche warnings Tuesday for the central and southern mountains of Colorado after several more inches of snow fell Monday and overnight on top of what is already a weak snowpack.
The avalanche warnings are in effect for the Aspen, Grand Mesa, Sawatch Range, Gunnison, Northern and Southern San Juan, and Sangre de Cristo backcountry forecast zones through Wednesday morning. Those zones also have avalanche danger ratings at âhighâ â 4 of 5 on the danger scale.
Grand County Search and Rescue responded Saturday, Dec. 26, to a call of an overdue backcountry skier. Rescuers found a body in an avalanche on Berthoud Pass.Photo from Grand County Search and Rescue
BERTHOUD PASS A solo backcountry skier was killed in an avalanche Saturday, Dec. 26, on Berthoud Pass in nearby Grand County.
Grand County Search and Rescue responded to a call of an overdue backcountry skier at about 3 p.m. Saturday. The skier was in the area of Chimney Chute in the First Creek Drainage of Berthoud Pass, according to a report from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
Search and rescue volunteers found a recent avalanche in the area when they arrived. Crews searched the avalanche path and found the skier fully buried, according to rescue team officials.
CAIC issues avalanche watches for much of Colorado as deadly month continues
Four people already killed in avalanches this month
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An avalanche that killed two people on the north face of Battleship, near Ophir, on Dec. 19, 2020.
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DENVER â Avalanche watches are in effect for most of Coloradoâs backcountry zones and high avalanche danger is expected early this week in what has already been one of the deadliest months in Coloradoâs backcountry in history.
Backcountry skier killed in avalanche in Berthoud Pass
Colorado Avalanche Information Center
and last updated 2020-12-28 08:44:04-05
GRAND COUNTY, Colo. â A backcountry skier was killed in an avalanche in Grand County Saturday, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC).
The solo skier was buried in an avalanche in the First Creek Drainage of Berthoud Pass. Family members reported the man overdue, but had a good last seen point, according to CAIC.
Members of the Grand County Search and Rescue team worked into the night to recover the body. His identity has not been released.
This is the fourth death of a backcountry skier caused by an avalanche in Colorado this month.
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WINTER PARK, Colo. (AP) - A backcountry skier was killed in an avalanche in Colorado on Saturday, becoming the fourth person to die in a slide in the state in just over a week.
The man was found buried in an avalanche near Berthoud Pass after relatives reported him overdue, the Grand County Search and Rescue said. Search team members found a recent avalanche and a pair of goggles before finding the skier buried in the snow, the group said.