Persistent Slab News Today

Buttermilk skiers and snowboarders can expect a solid push of snow for closing day on Sunday, March 31 – a last parting gift for the ski area. A system moving in from Southern California from...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is warning that dangerous persistent slab avalanches are occurring in some parts of the state. Backcountry travelers probably won’t see any obvious signs of instability before triggering one of these...

Warming and weakness in a complex snowpack

According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) two people were caught in separate avalanches on Saturday, following warnings from the center about dangerous avalanche conditions around the state.

Time: 12:30 PM (Estimated) Summary Description: 1 backcountry skier caught, buried, and killed Avalanche Comments: "This was a soft slab avalanche triggered by a skier. The avalanche was small relative to the path and destructive enough to injure, bury, or kill a person. The avalanche failed on an old layer of faceted snow.... The crown face of the avalanche was 3 to 7 feet deep, 400 feet wide, and the debris ran about 400 feet. At the crown of the avalanche the faceted snow layer was three ...