As we finally see our first real storm cycles of the year, the backcountry is proving to be very active here in Crested Butte, and throughout the state. Two skiers were caught and injured in an avalanche on Mt. Schuylkill’s Birthday Bowl. Enormous props to Crested Butte Search and Rescue, who responded to the injured skiers, […]
The crew at Telluride Helitrax did some avalanche mitigation above Telluride on Ajax Mountain, and got a pretty spectacular slide to go. Ajax from Caldera Creative on Vimeo.
Terrifying POV footage from a recent avalanche in East Vail. Lots of activity happening around Colorado. Find a write up below the video from avy victim Austin Porzak, who is apparently a very experienced backcountry traveller. Quoted from Austin’s YouTube video: “First of all in no way shape or form do I think being in a […]
Preliminary reports are not good regarding an avalanche that took place around 2:00 PM today, January 21st, 2016. A snowmobiler was caught in a large slide in the Lake Irwin area under Mt. Ruby. A local man, known as B-Rad, real name Daniel Sethness, was caught in the slide while snowmobiling under the slope. A […]
You probably heard about the massive skier triggered avalanche south of Breckenridge just a few days ago. Luckily, the skier survived after being partially buried and being evacuated by Search and Rescue. The crown was over 10 feet high and the slide spread to numerous aspects with different slope angle. Check it out in this […]
Ryan Taylor, of New Zealand, was on the side of the mountain when he happened to notice some rockfall across the way. That rockfall turned into a large avalanche and he happened to film it all. By the bottom you can truly see the size and scope of this massive thing:
CBAC forecaster Zach Guy went to investigate a large natural avalanche that occurred during last night’s storm. Check it out. Keep these early layers in mind and stay smart out there!
The biggest fundraiser of the year for the CBAC is coming up December 4th up at the Lodge at Mountaineer Square. The CBAC Avalanche Awareness night is not only a time to support the CBAC, but to refresh on important avalanche topics covered by the forecasters and win some cool swag. The doors are 5 […]
The earthquakes that devastated Nepal caused an a fatal avalanche on at base camp on Mt. Everest. German climber Jost Kobusch had his camera rolling for the earthquake, which captured the terror when the avalanche debris reached base camp.
It takes a great bit of humility to mess up and then post your mistakes online. This Australian was lucky to live to tell the tale and post this video so we can get the in-your-face reminders of how they messed up. Fortunately, his buddies saw his pole! We posted a short list of do’s and […]