VIDEO: As the Snow Melts the Real Destruction of Colorado’s Historic Avalanches is Revealed

The past season was one for the record books in Colorado. The number, and sheer size, of avalanches that hit the state over the winter, will go down in history.

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But as the snow melts, only now are we starting to see the full scale of the carnage caused by the power of these huge slides. Trees that have stood for decades just swept out of the way like matchsticks, and whole landscapes changed forever.