With danger high, Colorado avalanche center increases messaging Durango, Colorado Fri 77% chance of precipitation An unprecedented push to get skiers’ eyes on forecasts Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 6:44 PM Updated: Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020 10:23 PM A 6-foot-tall skier stands above a slab avalanche that ran about 100 meters on Jones Pass on Dec, 18, 2020. No one was injured. It was one of 132 avalanches reported between Dec. 18 and 20, 2020, 49 of which were triggered by backcountry skiers. Nine people were caught in slides during the period and three died. Wil Rickards/Colorado Avalanche Information Center Crested Butte’s beloved Jeff Schneider was killed in an avalanche on the “Friendly Finish” slope of the Anthracites near Irwin on Friday.