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Top 5 Best Day Ski Trips from Denver

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The ski season is almost upon us here in the Colorado Rockies, which means it is time to start making plans for those day ski trips if you haven’t already. The following empirically and scientifically derived list is thus provided to the reader as an aid in planning and final decision-making for said day trips. #5 Monarch Mountain It isn’t […]

Curtis Weller | October 26, 2022
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Avalanche Buried Backcountry Skier Upto His Waist on Jones Pass, CO

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A backcountry skier was lucky to escape after triggering an avalanche and becoming buried up to his waist on Jones Pass, CO on Friday. A report was filed with the CAIC the following morning, with more details. The skier was skiing above treeline, at approximately 12,450-feet when he triggered a wind-slab avalanche. The slide traveled 60-feet, and the skier managed to […]

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AvyBrains | November 25, 2019
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Backcountry Employee Killed in ‘Very Large’ Avalanche While Guiding in Colorado

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A 48-year old backcountry guide leading a group of skiers near Jones Pass, west of Berthoud Pass, Colorado died in one of the more than 30 slides reported in Colorado’s high country on Thursday. Hans Berg, from Empire, CO and an employee of Powder Addiction, was caught, buried, and killed in an area where the avalanche risk was high. The warning […]

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AvyBrains | March 11, 2019
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Skier Buried and Seriously Injured in Large Avalanche on Jones Pass, CO

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There was a close call in the Jones Pass, CO area yesterday reports the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) when a skier triggered a large persistent slab avalanche on an above-treeline southeast-facing slope. His partner was caught, carried, buried up to his neck, and seriously injured. You might also like: CAIC Videos Demonstrate Why There is Considerable Avalanche Danger in Colorado […]

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AvyBrains | December 20, 2018
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