With a major winter storm in the forecast for this weekend, Colorado backcountry officials are warning that the fresh snow ...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has resumed daily avalanche forecasts for mountain ranges statewide. The forecasts help backcountry users – including skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers and ...

The first big snowfalls of winter bring a lot of excitement to Colorado’s backcountry communities — and a heavy responsibility to those whose job it is to keep people safe from avalanches. Avalanches ...

As might be expected, avalanche risk around the state has increased after big snow in recent days. While that risk is subject ...

Colorado’s backcountry skiing season is only just getting started, but humans are already triggering avalanches ahead of available daily forecasts. Colorado Avalanche Information Center Director Ethan ...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center has teamed up with backcountry professionals to offer a free online course aimed at introducing essential avalanche safety concepts to winter travelers.