Colorado Avalanche
Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
1995 A.D. Quebec Nordiques National Hockey League team moves to Colorado to become the Colorado Avalanche. ... [Read More]
Avalanche Information And Safety
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO600 AM MDT FRI OCT 22 2004 ...AVALANCHES...ARE YOU PREPARED?THOUSANDS OF AVALANCHES OCCUR EACH WINTER IN THE MOUNTAINS OFCOLORADO. WITH THE ENORMOUS POPULARITY OF WINTER SPORTS INCOLORADO...THIS POSES A RISK TO SKIERS...HIKERS AND SNOWMOBILERS.IN FACT COLORADO LEADS THE NATION IN THE NUMBER OF AVALANCHEFATALITIES IN THE PAST 10 YEARS...WITH AN AVERAGE OF 6 FATALITIESA YEAR. ANYONE WHO TRAVELS INTO THE HIGH COUNTRY IN THE WINTERSHOULD BE PREPARED FOR AVALANCHES AND KNOW HOW TO AVOID THEM. THE FIRST THING TO KNOW IS MOST AVALANCHES OCCUR DURING OR JUSTAFTER SNOWSTORMS AND MOST OCCUR ON A SLOPE OF 30 TO 45 DEGREES.A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL MAY RESULT IN AN UNSTABLE SNOWPACK. BYWAITING 36 HOURS AFTER A BIG SNOWSTORM YOU MAY ALLOW THE SNOW TOSETTLE. IF YOU STAY IN VALLEYS AWAY FROM AVALANCHE CHUTES...INSTANDS OF DENSE TREES...OR ON GENTLE SLOPES YOU CAN MINIMIZE YOURAVALANCHE RISK. . IF YOU ARE A SKIER OR SNOWBOARDER AT A COMMERCI ... [Read More]
NWAC - Education
USDA-Forest Service La Sal Avalanche Forecast Center Avalanche Tutorial ... Colorado Avalanche Information Center Avalanche Bulletins ... Avalanche.org [Westwide Avalanche Network] ... [Read More]
National Weather Service Forecast Office - Riverton, WY > Avalanche
Avalanche ... Northwest Wyoming - Bridger/Teton National Forest Backcountry Avalanche Hazard & Weather Forecasts ... [Read More]
Colorado Basin River Forecast Center - Colorado River, Green River, San Juan River, Eastern Great Basin, Lower Colorado
--All Stations-- abc lateral - montrose, nr acdc - 14th street acdc - 43rd avenue acdc - 67th ave adobe dam agua fria - buckeye agua fria - grand ave agua fria - humbolt, blo agua fria - lake pleasant, waddell dam, at agua fria - mayer, nr agua fria - rock spgs, nr alamo reservoir alfalfa ditch - fruit growers res, abv altar wash - three points, nr alva b adams tun - estes park, nr, east portal, at american fork - american fork, nr, up pwrplnt, abv animas - aztec, blo animas - cedar hill, nr animas - durango animas - farmington animas - howardsville animas - silverton, blo animas - silverton aravaipa ck - mammoth arivaca ck - arivaca ash springs ck - highway 93, blo ashley ck - jensen, nr, union canal, blo ashley ck - vernal, nr azotea tun - chama, nr, outlet, at babocomari - tombstone, nr banning ck - bisbee, nr bartlett reservoir bear - alexander, at bear - border bear - collinston, nr bear - corinne, nr bear - evanston bear - id/ut stateline bear - montpelier, nr, stewart dam, blo b ... [Read More]
NWAC - Summary and Mission Statement
Soaring back country usage during the last 20 years (cross country skiing and then snowmobilers and snowboarders) has produced an annual average avalanche fatality toll in the United States that has risen from 11 to approximately 29 deaths/year (5-yr moving average), with 32 fatalities recorded in 1998/99, 33 in 2000/01 and 35 in 2001/02— all setting unfortunate modern-day records (since 1950). This trend toward increased numbers of avalanche fatalities nationwide continued in 2002/03 with another 30 fatalities reported. Down slightly in 2004 (23 deaths) another 27 US avalanche fatalities were reported so far this last year (through 6/1/2005). See the avalanche accident information section of the web site for further information. ... [Read More]
NDRD Search Engine: avalanche
TITLE: Avalanche emergencies. New perspectives on the pathophysiology and management of persons buried in an avalanche AUTHOR(S): Brugger H, Falk M,... ... TITLE: GPS signal reception under snow cover: A pilot study establishing the potential usefulness of GPS in avalanche search and rescue operations... ... Title Application of Landsat Data To Delimitation of Avalanche Hazards In Montane Colorado Author(S) Knepper, D. H., Jr. Reference Ntis; Rpt#:... ... [Read More]
Infrasonics Program
Deployed observation at Gothic and Silverton, Colorado and verified that avalanches radiate infrasound ... Impact: Infrasonic signals on 24 February 1994 from an avalanche on Gothic Mountain, Colorado ... ETL / Review / Infrasonics Program / Figure: Instrument Development , Nuclear Test Ban Treaty , Severe Weather , Avalanche Detection , Earthquake Detection ... [Read More]
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