Deadly Colo. Avalanche Difficult to Predict
Colleen Slevin
Published: Apr 23, 2013, 8:13 AM EDT
Associated Press
Loveland Pass, Colo.
An avalanche killed 5 people in Loveland Pass,
Colo. on Saturday, April 20, 2013. The avalanche was on the western
flank of Mount Sniktau. This is the path the avalanche took. Some of the
blocks of snow are the size of small cars. (Photo By Helen H.
Richardson/ The Denver Post)
Avalanche Kills Five, One Survives
DENVER
-- The kind of avalanche that killed five people in Colorado over the
weekend is among the most difficult to predict and trigger, and it's
dangerous because of the amount of snow normally involved.
Saturday's
slide in near Loveland Pass is called a deep persistent slab avalanche,
and it was the kind of avalanche that backcountry snowboarders and
skiers were warned of in the area that day. It's also the same type of
avalanche that killed a snowboarder Thursday near Vail Pass.
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