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Avalanche Danger across the West
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Feb 20, 2012 at 7:05 pm #1285943Feb 20, 2012 at 7:55 pm #1842187AnonymousInactive
We lost four up here in the Cascades over the weekend. Competition for The Darwin Award is going to be fierce this year.
Feb 20, 2012 at 10:40 pm #1842276Lack of snow early in the season has created a deep, weak layer that is going to be around for the rest of the year. A lot of areas in Colorado haven't dropped below Considerable in 2 months. We have eleven accident reports since the new year and 5 deaths.
I think this one is going to take the Darwin: http://avalanche.state.co.us/acc/acc_report.php?accfm=inv&acc_id=431
Feb 21, 2012 at 4:54 am #1842314Article is in Norwegian, but you'll probably get the gist of what's happening. (25 seconds of commercial first…)
http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/Filmet-seg-selv-da-han-ble-tatt-av-snoskred-6767259.html#.T0OTt2ya45Y -
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