for example a layer of unconsolidated, loose snow topped by a thick, solid slab of ice. Avalanches aren't just a concern for backcountry skiers and snowboarders – in January 2022, two Colorado ...

Colorado's 14ers see over a quarter million hikers annually - in a low traffic year. If you're planning to hike one this ...

Two types of avalanches were a concern: “persistent slab” avalanches ... “KT-22, being an example of that, it comes up to a peak and exposed area to wind. It usually would close for that ...

Over time, this process, combined with additional weight from new or wind-redistributed snow, is the prime culprit in slab avalanches, the most deadly and most common kind. In a safe, stable ...

Most avalanche-related fatalities happen from “slab avalanches”, which begin with a slab of snow sliding down a mountain. This is set off by the snow fracturing at speeds of more than 300 ...

slicing a slab nearly 200 feet across and 3 feet deep. Gravity did the rest. Snow shattered and spilled down the slope. Within seconds, the avalanche was the size of more than a thousand cars ...

“Climbers, including several guided groups, were turning around at the top of the Hogsback at 10,500 feet this morning due to wind slab avalanche potential. Warming the rest of the week should ...

They said three snowmobilers rode near Harts Pass when they triggered a 'slab avalanche' that caused two riders to get caught and carried. They said one of the other two riders that was caught and ...

"The last reported avalanche from the range was on Friday where a solo skier triggered a fatal medium-sized persistent slab avalanche and took a ride down a nasty, consequence filled avalanche ...

A 37-year-old man was killed in an avalanche in the Utah backcountry while snowmobiling Monday, authorities said. Scott Wright, from Evanston, Wyoming, was snowmobiling with a friend in the Monte ...