Colorado Avalanches (Weather)

With all the recent talk about the extreme snow we've had in Colorado this year, we often forget to talk about one of the more dangerous hazards of mountain snow: the avalanche.

A deadly weekend avalanche in Colorado tragically claimed the life of two snowmobilers.

Backcountry avalanche conditions remain dangerous in Colorado, and we received a stark reminder over the weekend as a man and two dogs were tragically killed in a western Colorado avalanche.

Most of the deadliest avalanches in Colorado history date back to the state's gold mining era.