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Crawling around Colorado’s mountains, personal snowcats are becoming so ubiquitous they even have a jamboree
Today, snowcats are selling as high-end RVs on snow, with an entry-level, four-seat Tucker starting around $125,000
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Aspen-area men killed in avalanche near Crested Butte, bringing Colorado’s 2018-2019 avalanche death toll to 4
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“Their mindset was risk averse”: Man killed in backcountry avalanche near Aspen was on trip with wife, young child
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Rocky Mountain National Park begins tapping recreation fees to pay some workers
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Colorado’s first avalanche death of 2019 came during an advanced avalanche-safety course on Red Mountain Pass
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A declining number of avalanche deaths in Colorado, the West in the past four seasons buoys hope
"We are seeing a success story. But the source of that success is very complicated," said Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center
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Hidden in the Colorado avalanche deaths downturn is a growing trend of avoidable accidents
"My challenge to avalanche educators right now is to develop a way to better instruct people on not just when to turn around, but how to turn around," said Dale Atkins, an avalanche educator.
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“If I can prevent at least one kid from going through what my kid goes through every day, I will do whatever it takes. I have to.”
In the wake of an avalanche, a widow raising her daughter fights for awareness, support and instilling fear in backcountry travelers
