Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
FRISCO, Colo. – A natural avalanche happened during the morning commute on Monday in Frisco, Colorado. Video of the incident shows drivers on Interstate 70 driving past as a large cloud of snow ...
DENVER – Officials say a snowboarder was caught, buried and killed in an avalanche west of Denver on Saturday. According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), the avalanche ...
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. – A snowmobiler in Colorado had a close call last week when he became trapped in an avalanche, and the whole terrifying ordeal was caught on video. Aidan Croft said the ...
The West Salt Creek landslide (also known as the Grand Mesa landslide or West Salt Creek rock avalanche) occurred on the evening of May 25, 2014 near Collbran, Colorado, along the north side of the Grand Mesa, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Grand Junction. It was the largest landslide in Colorado's history.
The avalanche comes after a series of intense winter storms brought heavy snowfall to the area. SCRG said the avalanche danger the day of the incident was rated by the CAIC as "high," or 4 out of 5.
[4] [5] The Colorado Avalanche Information Center issued an avalanche warning for the Front Range area due to the heavy snow. [4] The Aurora Police Department in Colorado reported 25 to 30 vehicles were stranded on the E-470 toll road east of Denver. [ 26 ]
Colorado accounts for 1/3 of avalanche deaths within the United States, and avalanches are the most deadly natural disaster within Colorado. [1] The Center, originally called the Colorado Avalanche Warning Center, was initially created in 1973 as part of a US Forest Service program which ended in 1983, when it was transferred to the Colorado ...
A snowboarder was killed in Colorado on Saturday, Feb. 22, after an avalanche buried him. It happened on Mines Peak, east of Berthoud Pass, in an area locally known as The Fingers or High Trail ...