A round of late-season snowfall has blanketed Colorado’s mountains, creating powder skiing conditions at ski resorts like ...

Such avalanches have a single point of origin, from where they widen as they travel down the slope. Slab Avalanche Loose Snow Avalanches in turn could cause a Slab Avalanche, which are characterized ...

It's still possible to trigger wind slabs and persistent slab avalanches in these areas, specifically on northwest through south and west through east aspects respectively. CAIC recommends airing ...

There are two ways to trigger avalanches: stress the snowpack or weaken it. Dry slab avalanches, which are common in the colder winter months, occur when too much weight (or stress) is added to the ...

The snowboarder, alongside three skiers, left the west side of Loveland Pass with plans to ride a gully on the ... of the gully and triggered a wind slab avalanche between one and two feet deep ...

A field report filed with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center states that there were at least three skiers in the group. The wind slab avalanche occurred on the north side of the mountain ...