Sublette County’s Tip Top Search and Rescue hosted a public avalanche awareness class. John Kochever, a senior search and rescue member, led the class. As Kochever talked to the group, the sound of snowmobilers revving their engines echoed around. The class is being held at a popular trailhead in the area for backcountry users.
New Beacon Training Park opens at Howelsen Hill Ski Area in Steamboat Springs
Routt Search and Rescue and City of Steamboat Springs
and last updated 2021-02-05 15:08:58-05
ROUTT COUNTY, Colo. â In an effort to educate more people about how to use safety equipment in the case of an avalanche, the Routt County Search and Rescue (RCSAR) has opened a new Beacon Training Park at a ski area in Steamboat Springs.
RCSAR invested in a BCA Beacon Training Park System and partnered with the City of Steamboat Springs to create the Beacon Training Park at the base of Howelsen Hill Ski Area, near the bottom of the Barrows chairlift.