Snowfall in Colorado has been lackluster to start the ski season, but for backcountry enthusiasts the lack of early-season snow has the potential to lead to safer avalanche conditions down the road.

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. — Rescuers successfully dug out a person buried in an avalanche at Steamboat Resort in northern Colorado. A resort official tells the Steamboat Pilot & Today that the ...

VAIL ” A skier was caught in a shallow avalanche in the East Vail Chutes on Saturday but managed to escape without injury, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said. The slide carried the skier ...

As Colorado watches for the first meaningful pattern changes that could finally bring snow to the high country, avalanche ...

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, Colorado (KMGH) -- Fresh early-season snow blanketed the top of Loveland Pass on a chilly Tuesday morning, bringing out backcountry skiers like Jack Sudduth. “I think I spent maybe ...

Colorado’s backcountry skiing season is only just getting started, but humans are already triggering avalanches ahead of available daily forecasts. Colorado Avalanche Information Center Director Ethan ...

Back in January, I wrote about how on three separate occasions in December, a personal locator beacon was triggered in the vicinity of Berthoud Pass. These false positives came from the same ACR ...

The first episode of Peaks and Passages, a three-part web series telling the stories of skiers, patrollers, and avalanche educators, releases on November 4, 2025. In the meantime, KGB Productions, the ...