Mr. Mega Thermos next to a 1-liter Nalgene. After growing tired of having four or five mini thermoses rattling around the floor of the pickup and getting stuck under the brake pedal, we started looking for a good deal on…
Colorado Avalanche Information Center
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This was a deadly avalanche we can all learn from so we can do safer mountain sports, including backcountry skiing and snowboarding.
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The amount of knowledge we have about snow avalanches has increased immensely over the past several decades. Using this information, experts are constantly reformulating survival techniques and devising improved safety gear. The Avalung came out of knowledge that avalanche victims…
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I just got news of the next Avalanche Jam fundraiser here in Colorado, for our statewide avalanche safety outfit. Funny thing is we’ve now got a dilemma here in the Roaring Fork Valley area because we have an excellent local…
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Aspen’s community avalanche safety class is this weekend. Our family attended the class session last evening, and we’ll be out in the field today. The evening seminar was taught by Hallsted Morris from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC). This…
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It’s a pet peeve of mine regarding avalanche safety: Over and over again I observe both snowmobilers and skiers grouping up in the backcountry when they should spread out because of avalanche hazard.