Photo: CAIC Director Ethan Greene assessing the snowpack in a remote area accessed by snowmobile.

Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) noted in a social media post about the avalanche that the reporting party and others saw signs of wind loading and wind drifted slabs in the area. In ...

A few days ago, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) warned skiers that avalanche conditions were "spooky moderate." The unofficial danger level, the CAIC explained, accounted for the ...

A few days ago, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) warned skiers that avalanche conditions were "spooky moderate." The unofficial danger level, the CAIC explained, accounted for the ...

"This slide had enough force for the snowboarder to snap his splitboard on a small tree," the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said.

A few days ago, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) warned skiers that avalanche conditions were "spooky moderate." The unofficial danger level, the CAIC explained, accounted for the ...

According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center ... It's when things kind of quiet down that you don't have these obvious signs of instability like: shooting cracks, natural avalanche ...

The avalanche was naturally triggered but serves as a good reminder that the snowpack in much of Colorado is still unstable. With more than a foot of snow slated to hit Colorado's southern mountains ...

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) released its full report on the deadly avalanche on Red Mountain Number 3. The avalanche killed 57-year-old Don Moden Jr., a former member of the ...

(Courtesy CAIC) Avalanche investigators suspect Moden was on his seventh lap on the slope, stacking lines in fresh powder as he moved southward toward the wind-drifted snow that would eventually ...

CAIC officials say the avalanche was 800-feet wide and traveled ... which notes that Moden likely did not see signs of dangerous snowpack on his previous day skiing on an adjacent slope.