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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — The last week of the ski season at Steamboat Resort is starting off flirting with record high temperatures for early April. Saturday was just a degree shy of beating a high of 66 degrees recorded in 1943. The record for both Sunday and Monday is 67 degrees, and temperatures both days will be closer to the record than the average of about 50 degrees for the Yampa Valley in early April. But by Tuesday a cold front moves in, bringing what could be the last chance for fresh sn...

Editor’s note: All of the fatal avalanche deaths CAIC investigates are tragic events. CAIC does their best to describe each one to help people involved and the community as a whole better understand them. “We…

An avalanche on Buffalo Pass Saturday had a crown up to 12 feet deep in areas. The slide was triggered by a snowcat more than 70 feet away. (Courtesy CAIC) STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — In an “extremely close call” in the backcountry east of Vail on Saturday, a snowboarder got caught in an avalanche that carried him through the trees and buried him under about a foot and a half of snow. The AvaLung breathing system he had and transceiver his partner used to find him — which took about 15 minutes ...

Hundreds of thousands without power in Northwest ice storm Photo: AP. A person jogs with a dog as snow falls, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, next to security fencing at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Winter weather is expected throughout the Seattle region through the weekend. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) By GILLIAN FLACCUS and REBECCA BOONE Updated: February 13, 2021 10:01 PM Created: February 13, 2021 04:10 PM LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) - A winter storm bl...

LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — A winter storm blanketed the Pacific Northwest with ice and...

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Routt County Search and Rescue assisted two people who were lost while backcountry skiing Thursday in the area of Buffalo Pass. Search and Rescue members received a call just before 3 p.m. Thursday from two people who had ventured too far out and ended up in the Fish Creek drainage. They were visiting Steamboat Springs from out of town and were with two other friends on snowmobiles, said Search and Rescue President Jay Bowman. The couple that ventured out — one on skis a...

Routt County Search and Rescue members gather under the Barrows chairlift to practice finding buried beacons at the newly established area at Howelsen Hill Ski Area. (Courtesy photo) STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — With increased avalanche danger, the newly created park to practice searching for beacons at Howelsen Hill Ski Area is especially timely. The Steamboat Springs and Flat Tops regions of Colorado are currently under an avalanche watch until Friday morning, as a storm system over the area is on t...

The weather outlook for Thursday (Feb. 4, 2021) from KKTV meteorologist Lucy Bergemann. Winter is finally showing up in Colorado, with 20 inches of snow dropping in ski country and counting. Following the recent snowfall, another big snowstorm is brewing in the northern mountains, with more than two feet of snow expected in upcoming days. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning from Thursday to Saturday across the Park and Elkhead mountains impacting the areas of Columbine,...

Avalanche Warnings in effect through the central and northern mountains KOAA Weather and last updated 2021-02-05 21:01:28-05 Heavy snow over the high country this week has lead to extremely high avalanche danger through the central and northern zones of the Rockies. KOAA Weather 48 hour ski area snow totals From Thursday into Friday, Aspen Snowmass received nearly 2 feet of snow, while Crested Butte, Beaver Creek, Keystone, and Breckenridge all came in right around a foot. This dump of heavy sn...

Moffat County is expected to get significant snowfall today and tonight — according to the National Weather Service. The NWS released a winter weather advisory for the Elk and Park mountains, Grand and Battlement mesas, the Gore and Elk ranges, the Central Mountain valleys, the West Elk and Sawatch Mountains, and the Flat Tops, according to the advisory. The winter weather advisory from the NWS will be in effect until 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 4. The National Weather Service warns that ef...