Colorado Avalanche Information Center
“You would think it’s the opposite”: The average age of fatal avalanche victims is on the rise
The "terror management" theory suggests some older people take more risks as they confront mortality
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Colorado is the most dangerous state for avalanches, with death toll far surpassing other states
By The Summit Daily Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
“Rotten” snow layer causes rare in-bounds avalanche at Steamboat that buries man — and it’s just the beginning
By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Acres of destruction left by Colorado’s historic avalanche season are also delivering climate change evidence
By Joe Purtell Environment Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado’s avalanche season claimed 8 lives. Experts say there’s much to learn from how they died.
By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Telluride’s avalanche-battling arsenal: WWII cannons, 3D mapping and discipline
The “steep and deep” resort uses one of the largest and most diverse tool boxes in North America to mitigate avalanche hazards
Colorado’s weekend snowstorm prompted avalanches in areas that hadn’t slid in decades. Here’s why.
“Historic” avalanche conditions are being experienced all over Colorado after conditions have been lining up all season for big slides
Telluride-area slide claims sixth Colorado avalanche death this season
Salvador Garcia-Atance, a 47-year-old Telluride man, died in a slide triggered by snowboarders who went out of bounds from Telluride Resort less than two weeks ago
“Their mindset was risk averse”: Man killed in backcountry avalanche near Aspen was on trip with wife, young child
Arin Trook, 48, was the second Colorado avalanche fatality of the season
The first death of Colorado’s avalanche season came after a series of minor mistakes, report shows
Instructor and five students in an avalanche-safety class spent hours planning, but were swept down the slope after missteps
Colorado’s first avalanche death of 2019 came during an advanced avalanche-safety course on Red Mountain Pass
Peter Marshall, a 40-year-old from Longmont, was on a three-day avalanche class when he was buried by an avalanche and killed
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
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.
Colorado Ski Safety Act tested in two trials involving in-bounds avalanches
The family of Taft Conlin is continuing its fight with an appeal
