Tag: backcountry skiing
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New app helps Colorado women connect for outdoor adventures | Live Well
Ellie Frost went looking for a new female friend to go backcountry skiing with and accidentally created Backcountry Beauties, a new app that connects Colorado women for all sorts of outdoor adventures. “Traditionally, the space is women following men into the backcountry, and that’s left a lot of people out, me included,” Frost said. “You…
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Colorado backcountry ski area settles on home for ‘foreseeable future’
As a one-of-a-kind ski area in Colorado closes on its first full season, operators continue to sound optimistic about the years ahead. Bluebird Backcountry has announced “a longer-term lease” on sloping property in the northwest part of the state, where reportedly “thousands” of skiers and riders visited this winter and spring. The grassroots team of…
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Avalanche danger in Colorado considerable over winter holidays
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save As adventurers head into the backcountry during the Christmas holiday, they will face the same dangerous avalanche conditions that killed three experienced skiers last weekend. The risk of avalanches is the worst Colorado has seen since the 2011 and 2012 winter and it has Ethan…
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Avalanche danger in Colorado considerable over winter holidays
As adventurers head into the backcountry during the Christmas holiday, they will face the same dangerous avalanche conditions that killed three experienced skiers last weekend. The risk of avalanches is the worst Colorado has seen since the 2011 and 2012 winter and it has Ethan Greene, director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center worried as…
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Teen skier airlifted from Colorado peak after fall in September outing
A 17-year-old backcountry skier was airlifted from Colorado’s Skyscraper Peak late Monday morning with serious injuries after falling in the snow and smashing into rocks. According to a press release from the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, rescuers were alerted to the injured backcountry skier around 11 a.m. Over the course of three flights, five rescuers…