A backcountry skier died in an avalanche near Red Mountain Pass on Tuesday. That's according to the experts from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, who said the slide happened on Red ...

A Colorado skier was buried in an avalanche on Red Mountain Pass for hours before his body was found. By Christina Coulter Fox News. Published January 16, 2025 11:45am EST. ...

A backcountry skier was killed in an avalanche near Red Mountain Pass, north of Silverton, on Tuesday, Jan. 7. (Photo courtesy of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center).

"The avalanche was about 800-feet wide, and the crown face ran along a wind-drifted subridge of Red Mountain Number 3," the CAIC report found, "The crown face was 3 to 4 feet high and almost 6 ...

This incident happened on Jan. 7th on Red Mountain number 3, east of Telluride, which is locally known as Bollywood. The avalanche occurred on a northwest-facing slope around 11,300 feet.

The persistent slab avalanche was rated a “D2” or strong enough bury, injure or kill a person, and occurred on the northwest-facing slope of Red Mountain 3 at around 11,300 feet.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center released more information about a deadly avalanche in Red Mountain Pass in early January. A backcountry skier who died was buried by snow after triggering ...

CDOT began an avalanche safety program after state snowplow driver Eddie Imel was killed in March 1992 by an avalanche on U.S. 550 (Red Mountain Pass).

It is the only fatal avalanche in the state so far this winter. On Jan. 7 Donald Moden Jr., 57, died on Red Mountain Number 3 near Red Mountain Pass. Moden’s wife contacted the sheriff’s ...

On Jan. 3, a snowmobiler who was caught in an avalanche on Shrine Mountain near Vail Pass and was partially buried, with his head out of the snow, according to another field report.He was assisted ...

A backcountry skier died in an avalanche near Red Mountain Pass on Tuesday. That's according to the experts from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, who said the slide happened on Red ...