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Deaths highlight boom in backcountry skiing
San Juan :: Argentina | 1 year ago
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They were an exceptional band of outdoor aficionados: pro skiers, ski-magazine writers, editors and photographers, a ski-marketing whiz, a former avalanche-control expert who judged international skiing competitions. But the untrammeled mountain
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Summit County wants CDOT to rehab east Vail Pass recpath
Frisco :: CO :: USA | 1 year ago
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Summit County government is pushing the Colorado Department of Transportation to find money to resurface the 3.8 miles of recpath that winds alongside Vail Pass from Copper Mountain to the summit. Eagle County recently managed to appeal to the road
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Man dies after driving truck off Berthoud Pass
Denver :: CO :: USA | 1 year ago
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Font Resize The Denver Post A pickup truck driver was killed this afternoon when he drove off U.S...Troopers are investigating what caused the man to drive off the road at about 3 p.m., said Trooper Heather Cobler. The picked rolled about 30 feet
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Avalanche claims backcountry skier on Wolf Creek Pass
Pagosa Springs :: CO :: USA | 1 year ago
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A backcountry skier has died in an avalanche on Wolf Creek Pass. The victim Thursday was a first-year ski patroller at Keystone Ski Resort, about 200 miles away...The Colorado Avalanche Information Center says the slide was 3 feet deep by 600 feet
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10th Mountain Division event is Friday
Vail :: CO :: USA | 1 year ago
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Colorado The 37th annual 10th Mountain Ski-In is today at Ski Cooper. The annual celebration of those who fought in World War II and trained near Tennessee Pass includes a ski down, lunch and re-enactment. This is a very important day at Ski Cooper,
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Avalanche warning for southern Colorado
San Juan :: Argentina | over 1 year ago
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The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has issued an avalanche warning for southern Colorado after some mountain passes got up to 18 inches of snow. The warning issued Monday includes the northern and southern San Juan mountains. New snow amounts
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Deputy in SW Colorado remembered as dedicated community leader
San Juan :: Argentina | over 1 year ago
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Hollis Holland, 57, a deputy with the La Plata County Sheriff's Office for 19 years, went snowmobiling Monday in the Molas Pass area, south of Silverton, and he failed to return home. His wife, Patricia, reported him overdue and searchers found his
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Storm blankets Colorado mountains in new snow
Georgetown :: CO :: USA | over 1 year ago
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The National Weather Service reported 11 inches of snow about eight miles east of Steamboat Springs and 10 inches in parts of Eagle and Summit counties Sunday morning...Silverton Mountain reported 17 inches of new snow over the last 24 hours at the
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CAIC gets techy
Frisco :: CO :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Video has become the new feature on the Colorado Avalanche Information Center website this season. Ethan Greene, staff included a roughly 3-minute video in their incident report for the New Year's Day avalanche near Berthoud Pass...Several years ago,
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission approves new game units
Summit :: NJ :: USA | over 1 year ago
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At their meeting this week, Parks and Wildlife Commission members set 2012 big game hunting season dates and approved more than two dozen changes to big game regulations. The Summit County proposal to open a new mountain goat hunting area in the
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