With all the recent talk about the extreme snow we've had in Colorado this year, we often forget to talk about one of the more dangerous hazards of mountain snow: the avalanche.
Backcountry avalanche conditions remain dangerous in Colorado, and we received a stark reminder over the weekend as a man and two dogs were tragically killed in a western Colorado avalanche.
A Colorado mountain town has been cut off to "nearly all travelers" after an avalanche covered a 200-foot stretch of road under eight feet of snow. Here's a little info about the town of Silverton, Colorado.