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Snowmobiler killed in Colorado avalanche

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The Colorado General Assembly's Joint Budget Committee voted in favor of sponsoring a $1 million funding effort to help the Colorado Avalanche Information Center transition from a fixed zone forecasting method to a flexible-zone method. A fixed zone method issues avalanche forecasts for large, pre-determined regions throughout the state. A flexible- zone method divides those regions into subregions based on day-to-day avalanche conditions on the ground.

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USA Today

2 skiers dead, snowmobiler missing in avalanches in southern Colorado, officials say

The two separate incidents took place in southern Colorado, which has received an abundance of snow in recent days.

1 year ago·United States

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Denver Post

Search and rescue efforts ongoing to locate snowmobiler buried by avalanche Saturday in Conejos County

A Colorado snowmobiler was buried and is missing after an avalanche near La Manga Pass in Conejos County on Saturday.

1 year ago·Denver, United States

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9NEWS Denver

Snowmobiler killed in Colorado avalanche

Crews have recovered the body of a snowmobiler who was caught in an avalanche in Conejos County in southwestern Colorado on Saturday.

1 year ago·Denver, United States

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KDVR

Colorado could start using new avalanche forecasting method

Lawmakers say a change to the avalanche forecasting method should make it easier to plan recreation in the backcountry.

1 year ago·Denver, United States

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KXRM

Snowmobiler dies in avalanche near La Manga Pass in Conejos County

(CONEJOS COUNTY, Colo.) — A snowmobiler was killed after they were apparently caught and buried during an avalanche near La Manga Pass in Conejos County over the weekend, according to a preliminary report by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC). CAIC tweeted on Monday afternoon, Feb. 27 about the incident, and stated that the snowmobiler's death is now the seventh avalanche death in Colorado for the 2022-2023 season and the third fa…

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Colorado Sun

Body of snowmobiler found three days after avalanche in southern Colorado

Searchers on Monday found the body of a snowmobiler three days after he went missing in an avalanche near La Manga Pass in southern Colorado. The victim, who hasn’t been publicly named, was riding with...

1 year ago

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