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Multiple Avalanche Watches, Warnings issued across Colorados mountains Colorado Information Center and last updated 2021-02-04 09:42:00-05 Several Avalanche Warnings and Watches are in effect across the state as more snow and strong winds start to move into Colorado. Four zones in Colorado are under an Avalanche Warning as new snow and winds continue to overload fragile snowpack, meaning "very dangerous avalanche conditions" exist, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center. The ch...

Western Colorado Unsolved Mystery: Death On the Flat Tops in 2004 Enter your number to get our free mobile app The remains of a man were discovered in western Colorado in September of 2004, but the mans identity still remains a mystery. Reddit user HelHeals keeps digital diaries of unsolved cases like this and shares details that have been shrouded in mystery for 16 years. Why did this man die? Who was this man? It appears the tent had been through at least one winter. The skeletal remains o...

Culture "Chocolate is comfort without words," as author Ursula Kohaupt once said. And during the pandemic, those words couldnt have been more true. As people are trapped indoors, having to shield themselves and their loved ones from COVID-19, we all look to other things for comfort. Southeast Asia really sought comfort in chocolate in 2020. In pre-pandemic times, online searches for chocolate in Southeast Asia would normally spike in the months of February and March (Valentines Day and Lunar Ne...

1 of 10 This 6-mile trail located near Yampa in the middle of the Flat Tops Wilderness is moderately trafficked and features a narrow, 50-foot long “land bridge.” It narrows to as little as 4 feet and has drops of several hundred feet. Incredible views and fields of wildflowers. Spencer McKee, the gazette The associated press Photo by National Parks Service Photo courtesy Roaring Fork Mountain Biking Association The Spanish Peaks, with Horseshoe Lake in the foregroun...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center issued the first widespread avalanche watches of the season Monday after four deaths in less than two weeks.

Avalanche warnings in effect through Wednesday morning in central, southern mountains Several areas received more than a foot of snow in recent storm Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Courtesy Colorado Avalanche Information Center Two avalanches seen on Jones Pass on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. and last updated 2020-12-29 14:36:29-05 DENVER – The Colorado Avalanche Information Center issued avala...

CAIC issues avalanche watches for much of Colorado as deadly month continues Four people already killed in avalanches this month Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Colorado Avalanche Information Center An avalanche that killed two people on the north face of Battleship, near Ophir, on Dec. 19, 2020. and last updated 2020-12-28 20:36:01-05 DENVER – Avalanche watches are in effect for most of Col...

1 of 10 This 6-mile trail located near Yampa in the middle of the Flat Tops Wilderness is moderately trafficked and features a narrow, 50-foot long “land bridge.” It narrows to as little as 4 feet and has drops of several hundred feet. Incredible views and fields of wildflowers. Spencer McKee, the gazette The associated press Photo by National Parks Service Photo courtesy Roaring Fork Mountain Biking Association The Spanish Peaks, with Horseshoe Lake in the foregroun...

Linda and Sam Dilley STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — It was 1960, and Linda Dilley was 17, working as a carhop at an A&W Root Beer stand in Lakewood. A mint green-and-white ’57 two-door Chevy pulled up. Linda walked over to the car. Inside were 21-year-old Sam Dilley and a friend. They both liked Linda and put a wager on who could take her out first. “He asked me out quite a few times before I said yes,” Linda said. But Sam won the bet. “It was me. It was love from there on,” he said. It was he...

1 person carried in human-caused avalanche near Marble on Monday CAIC and last updated 2020-12-15 10:11:27-05 GUNNSON COUNTY, Colo. — A skier triggered and was carried by an avalanche in a small gully near Marble on Monday, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC). According to a member of the group who reported the avalanche to CAIC, they were traversing low-angle slopes back toward their car, even though they had seen "major instabilities" at higher elevations that d...