When Big White Moves
by bengal | Jan 12, 2009 |
There’s been a lot of garble about avalanches this winter since hefty wallops of snow layered much if the west. Here are some numbers to back that talk:
Excerpt From the Durango Herald Newspaper
“The Colorado Avalanche Information Center in Boulder said weather observers, ski areas and CDOT have reported a total of 130 avalanches since Christmas Day in the northern San Juan Mountains. And observations represent only about 10 percent of the total number of avalanches believed to be occurring in an area, said Scott Toepfer, an avalanche forecaster.”
That means 1,300 slides just in the little pocket of Southwest Colorado! So read up, or better yet go visit an avalanche course near you….
