Backcountry Avalanche Forecast for Steamboat & Flat Tops
Issued: 02/17/2012 5:21 AM by Scott Toepfer
Special Advisory Statement in Effect through 02/20/2012 10:00 AM
The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is issuing a Special Avalanche Statement for the mountains of Colorado this morning. This Special Statement will remain in effect through the upcoming weekend.
There have been two avalanche fatalities in Colorado since February 13th. This brings avalanche fatalities to 6 for the season.
Over the last week seven people have been caught in avalanches. Two people have been seriously injured and required hospital care.
Very large avalanches have been reported across the state.
This trend is expected to continue through the holiday weekend.
Do not let the upcoming holiday weekend or the nice weather in any way fool you into thinking the avalanche conditions are anything but very serious across Colorado.
Twitter 6:47 AM by Scott Toepfer: Potentially dangerous avalanche conditions exist across Colorado as we move into the holiday weekend.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
A Northern Ontario Avalanche
The video is a bit long, but at about 5:12 they have some footage from the rider that got buried.
It all turned out good, could have been bad.
Crazy!!
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Winter X Games 2012: First Snowmobile Front Flip Landed
I probably won't be trying this any time soon on my M8...although I did launch my RMK 800 off a 50 foot cliff at full throttle up on Rabbit Ears Mountain in Colorado a few years back. I bailed in mid air and the sled impaled a tree on impact as I rolled down the mountain past it.
GOOD TIMES!!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
GoPro Snowmobile buried(along with rider)
No warning...WOW!!
I always have my avalanche beacon on, even if I'm snowboarding in the resorts.
Snowmobilers on Buffalo Pass, Colorado
This a link to the storyhttp://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2012/jan/22/search-and-rescue-trying-get-stranded-snowmobilers/
This is the area that I was in with a group a month ago in December. It can get nasty up there when it storms and the wind starts blowing. It appears that 2 men got stranded and then got caught in an avalanche while on foot. 1 died and 1 survived.
My condolences to the families.
This is the area that I was in with a group a month ago in December. It can get nasty up there when it storms and the wind starts blowing. It appears that 2 men got stranded and then got caught in an avalanche while on foot. 1 died and 1 survived.
My condolences to the families.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
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