SnowBrains Header logo
  • Podcast
  • Weather Forecasts
  • Conditions Reports
  • Gear
  • Avalanche Forecast
SnowBrains Facebook Page SnowBrains Twitter Page SnowBrains Instagram Page SnowBrains Vimeo Page SnowBrains RSS Feed

jones pass

Avalanche Buried Backcountry Skier Upto His Waist on Jones Pass, CO

avalanche, colorado, jones pass

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 […]

AvalancheAvalanche
AvyBrains | November 25, 2019
0 Comments

Backcountry Employee Killed in ‘Very Large’ Avalanche While Guiding in Colorado

avalanche, colorado, guide killed, powder addiction, jones pass

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 […]

AvalancheAvalanche
AvyBrains | March 11, 2019
0 Comments

Skier Buried and Seriously Injured in Large Avalanche on Jones Pass, CO

caic, colorado, avalanche, jones pass

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 […]

AvalancheAvalanche
AvyBrains | December 20, 2018
0 Comments

The Five Best Day Ski Trips from Denver

cold smoke

The ski season is well underway 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 | December 5, 2018
0 Comments

Share your story:

Submit A Link

Top 10 Trending right now:

  • Direct Weather Releases Full 2022-23 Winter Forecast
    Direct Weather Releases Full 2022-23 Winter Forecast
  • Reexamination of Colorado’s Snowpack Leads to a Surprising Discovery about Microplastics and Possible Clues to Receding Snowpacks
    Reexamination of Colorado’s Snowpack Leads to a Surprising Discovery about Microplastics and Possible Clues to Receding Snowpacks
  • NOAA Issues Official La Niña Advisory For Upcoming Winter
    NOAA Issues Official La Niña Advisory For Upcoming Winter
  • 10 Reasons You Should Take Your Family to Andermatt Ski Resort in Switzerland
    10 Reasons You Should Take Your Family to Andermatt Ski Resort in Switzerland
  • Taos Ski Valley, NM, to Raise Employee Wages by Generous 7.5%
    Taos Ski Valley, NM, to Raise Employee Wages by Generous 7.5%
  • Farmers' Almanac 2022/23 Winter Forecast: Extreme Winter Predicted With Heavy Snow For 1 Area in Particular
    Farmers' Almanac 2022/23 Winter Forecast: Extreme Winter Predicted With Heavy Snow For 1 Area in Particular
  • 16-Year-Old Truckee, CA, Resident Vanishes in Possible Abduction After Party 
    16-Year-Old Truckee, CA, Resident Vanishes in Possible Abduction After Party 
  • SnowBrains Forecast: Upwards of 40+ Inches Possible For Parts of The Southern Andes Through Early Next Week
    SnowBrains Forecast: Upwards of 40+ Inches Possible For Parts of The Southern Andes Through Early Next Week
  • Year-Round Ski Resort Opens in Ukraine Despite Ongoing War
    Year-Round Ski Resort Opens in Ukraine Despite Ongoing War
  • [VIDEO] 2,650' Rappel Off El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA
    [VIDEO] 2,650' Rappel Off El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, CA
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Site Map