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Blowing snow stranded up to 200 travelers, including many from Routt County, overnight Sunday in Walden, as all roads in and out of town were closed for more than 12 hours, according to Walden Mayor…
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — Routt County Search and Rescue assisted two people who were lost while backcountry skiing Thursday in the area of Buffalo Pass. Search and Rescue members received a call just before 3 p.m. Thursday from two people who had ventured too far out and ended up in the Fish Creek drainage. They were visiting Steamboat Springs from out of town and were with two other friends on snowmobiles, said Search and Rescue President Jay Bowman. The couple that ventured out — one on skis and one on a snowboard — left the snowmobilers behind to explore what Bowman said was “really goo...
Routt County Search and Rescue members gather under the Barrows chairlift to practice finding buried beacons at the newly established area at Howelsen Hill Ski Area. (Courtesy photo) STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — With increased avalanche danger, the newly created park to practice searching for beacons at Howelsen Hill Ski Area is especially timely. The Steamboat Springs and Flat Tops regions of Colorado are currently under an avalanche watch until Friday morning, as a storm system over the area is on track to be the biggest snow producer so far this season. On Friday, the avalanche risk in the area w...
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...