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 [...]

Thanks Everyone!
At this time we are completely booked for our upcoming on-snow sessions.
We have been getting a lot of questions about switching dates, confirmations, etc. At this time we cannot accommodate any date changes, and to help sort out any confusion a list of attendees is posted below:

Friends of Berthoud Pass and the Winter Wildlands Alliance present the best work from a variety of grassroots film makers. Come enjoy a selection of short and longer award-winning films featuring the best human-powered, deep-powder skiing on the planet. Proceeds to promote and preserve winter wildlands and a quality human-powered snowsports experience on public lands, [...]

This very nice endorsement came from a participant at last night’s avalanche class.
“Just wanted to give a shout out to the entire FOBP Crew. Attended their Avalanche Training Classroom session, and it was probably the best $10 I ever spent.
There were over 150 people there last night and besides being tons of fun, it [...]