US 40 Berthoud Pass avalanche

[Western Slope]

'We were really, really lucky': Best friends on Berthoud Pass capture close call with avalanche on dash camera

Two best friends driving to Winter Park say they were very lucky after an avalanche tumbled down Berthoud Pass and crossed both lanes of US 40 Thursday morning.

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We drove 5 hours today across the Rockies. The thought crossed my mind about avalanches while I was driving over Battle Mountain Summit above the ghost town of Gilman, Colorado due to the new snow depth. Mentioned my concern to my wife.

 

[Ray-IN]

Wow! Like the old saying "stay alert while driving" and he did.

 

[Western Slope]

2 days ago skier triggered a large avalanche in Colorado. Video.

Colorado Avalanche Info Center on Instagram: "The video in this post shows a very large avalanche that a skier triggered on Thursday. It was on an east-facing slope near Marble. Fortunately, nobody was caught in this avalanche. It would have been ver

5,555 Likes, 40 Comments - Colorado Avalanche Info Center (@coavalancheinfo) on Instagram: "The video in this post shows a very large avalanche that a skier triggered on Thursday. It was on..."

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[Larry N.]

I just saw on the news that eight people have died in avalanches in Colorado so far this year.

 

[Western Slope]

The majority of this winters season USA avalanche deaths were in Colorado. On our Colorado Highway 65 there's an avalanche section of roadway. It's no safe place to stop.

Last was on 3/17/2023.

"PRELIMINARY: An avalanche caught three backcountry tourers (two skiers and one splitboarder) in upper Rapid Creek, southwest of the town of Marble on Friday, March 17, 2023. Two members of the group were injured and one was completely buried in the avalanche. Rider 1 hiked out of the backcountry to get help. Medical and search and rescue teams evacuated Skier 1 by helicopter. Search and Rescue teams located Skier 2 buried about four feet deep in avalanche debris on Saturday, March 18. Skier 2 was killed in the avalanche. The avalanche released on an east-northeast aspect above treeline. It broke two to three feet deep, 300 to 500 feet wide, and ran 2400 vertical feet.

Groups involved in the included Gunnison County Sheriff's Office, Colorado Search and Rescue Association, Mountain Rescue Aspen, West Elk Rescue Group, Flight for Life, Careflight of the Rockies, and the Colorado Avalanche Information Center."

US Accidents Table | Colorado Avalanche Information Center

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