colorado snow avalanche

A skier on Buffalo Mountain in Summit County, CO is lucky to be alive today after being caught in an avalanche and thrown off a 75-foot waterfall. “It was a waterfall, lot of flowing water, lot of wet snow, very lucky individual. The terrain was extreme. Lot of rocks, steep terrain and al lot of trees,.” – Mark Watson, Summit County Sheriff’s Office The skier who went over the waterfall miraculously suffered only a broken knee. His injuries could have been much more grave. He […]