Rescue group finds ignorant beacon owner who triggered false alarms

By Scott Willoughby
The Denver Post

Posted: 03/03/2010 01:00:00 AM MST

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A special Friday update from our Friends at the CAIC:

The CAIC knows of 14 people (and 1 dog) caught in human-triggered avalanches between February 11 and 18. One person was killed, three others injured. The avalanches were in the Front Range, Vail and Summit County, Aspen, and North San Juan zones. They occurred mostly on [...]

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A rare and dreaded black danger rose was issued today by our Friends at the Colorado Avalanche Information Center for the San Juan mountains. After more than 50 inches of snow in 50 hours, the CAIC warns that “human and natural avalanches are certain.”
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2010 On-Snow avalanche awareness classes will be held at Berthoud Pass February 6th and 7th. Trained facilitators will lead small groups into the backcountry to cover the basics of route finding, stability assessment, safe travel protocol and rescue scenarios.