This video was send to us by CB native Randy Evans, who now resides in Montana. This slide occurred January 29th. The victim is buried nearly 10 minutes. Though the video ends before he is actually pulled out, you can hear the rescue underway. The victim suffers only a dislocated shoulder. Very scary stuff.
While there have been no deaths in the state of Colorado this winter, separate avalanches claimed the lives of 3 skiers in Alps last week and 2 skiers in California just three days ago. Both areas recently received large amounts of snow with serious avalanche warnings in effect. While the 3 deaths in Europe took […]
Avalanche Awareness Videos: From Russia Here is a great edit on how the Russians enjoy avalanche control. These videos are to remind you to come on out for the Crested Butte Avalanche Center’s 10th Anniversary Avalanche Awareness Night at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts, this Friday December 14th. Door open at 5:00pm.
CBAC Avalanche Discussion Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 5:04 AM Issued by: CBAC : Full Report We have seen incremental snowfall, every few days since November 17th. This steady accumulation has been great to “build our base,” but also has developed a deepening slab above weak, sugary facets both in the mid-pack, and at the […]
Avalanche Awareness Videos: From Europe Here is a great edit when during inspection at a European freesking competition a few competitors found themselves staring straight up at an avalanche coming down on them. Luckily there were no injuries, or worse, the event organizers then changed venues and the event went on as planned. These videos […]
Avalanche Awareness Videos: From Canada Here is a great edit on how the Canadians enjoy avalanche control. These videos are to remind you to come on out for the Crested Butte Avalanche Center’s 10th Anniversary Avalanche Awareness Night at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts, this Friday December 14th. Door open at 5:00pm.
Avalanche Awareness Videos: Ode to Avalanche This is an amazing avalanche video from British Columbia with the 18th Overture as the soundtrack. These videos are to remind you to come on out for the Crested Butte Avalanche Center’s 10th Anniversary Avalanche Awareness Night at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts, this Friday December 14th. […]
Avalanche Awareness Videos: From CBAC Here is how the Crested Butte Avalanche Center started. Take a minute and learn your local non profit organization. These videos are to remind you to come on out for the Crested Butte Avalanche Centers 10th Anniversary Avalanche Awareness Night at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts, this […]
The Crested Butte Avalanche Center is hosting their 10th annual Avalanche Awareness Night at the Crested Butte Center for the Arts December 14th. Doors open at 5:00pm and the show starts around 5:30ish… The night will review the Crested Butte Avalanches Center’s mission and goals for the upcoming winter avalanche season. The CBAC board and […]
Crested Butte Avalanche Center, Crested Butte Mountain Guides, and The Alpineer’s Inaugural Beacon Brush-Up Day was a HUGE success with well over 100 people coming out to ‘brush-up’ on their beacon skills with local guides and forecasters, talk to industry reps from Mammut, Backcountry Access, Ortovox, and Pieps…..all on a beautiful day in Crested Butte’s […]