Two Decades of Local Avalanche Forecasts in Crested Butte Have Proved Their Worth
Jason Blevins, The Colorado Sun By “keeping up with the Jones,” the Crested Butte Avalanche Center has helped keep fatalities few even as advanced equipment and opportunity send backcountry numbers soaring. A few days after the ski hill closed in March, Than Acuff went for a backcountry tour up the popular Schuylkill Ridge. “It was mind-blowing. Shoot-the-lock-off zero backcountry protocol. Total bedlam,” the longtime local journalist and executive director of the Crested Butte Avalanche Center said. “We were breaking trail and there was like a conga line behind us. People were dr...
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