Tag: Avalanches

Reflections on the Loveland Avalanche.

Reflections on the Loveland Avalanche.

by | Apr 23, 2013 | | 2 |

US avalanche deaths have climbed steeply since 1990 as new gear has become available for backcountry travel. Until then, avalanches rarely claimed more than a handful of lives each season in records going back to 1950. The deaths of the past weekend bring the total avalanche deaths this year to 24.

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