Backcountry Update: Snowy Roads and Avalanches As travel officials issue snow advisories for the Central Mountains including highways in and out of Leadville Today, details about last week’s avalanche in southern Lake County which left a snowmobiler with two broken […]
Winter Clings to Last Week of February CDOT Update at 9:42 a.m. for I-70 travel restrictions can be found HERE. **Travel Alert UPDATE * 9 a.m. Monday The National Weather Service has issued a snow squall warning for Lake County. […]
More Snow, Followed by Bluebird Weekend The weather will take center stage over the next couple of days as a series of weak, low-pressure winter storms move across Colorado, leaving just enough snow on the roads to wreak some havoc. […]
Snow Slabs Set Up for Next Round of Storms The next round of winter storms is expected to move through Colorado over the remainder of this week and into the weekend. And while the clouds may be moving, the reading […]
Sliding Through The Holidays: Weather Forecast by Matt Huber, Colorado Avalanche Information Center Issued on Monday, Dec. 23, 2019 at 7:46 a.m. It has been well over a week now since our last storm. The red and orange in the daily […]
Cold Full Moon Ushers in Winter By now, you’ve heard about tonight’s Full “Cold Moon”. If not, one of this lunar orb’s most interesting trivia facts is in the numbers. It will fully rise tonight (12/12) at 12:12 a.m. Ooooh! […]
CAIC Director Presents Epic Avy Events “By now we had successfully severed four of the major east-west arteries of Colorado,” said Dr. Ethan Greene, Director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) during his presentation about the historic 2019 avalanche […]
Lake County Sees Spring Snow Once the calendar turns to May in the Colorado high country, folks are ready to talk about something other than snow, especially after this winter. Of course, this week if you live in Leadville Today […]
Winter Storm Blasts, Avalanche Conditions Shift A powerful winter storm will be blasting Leadville Today, leaving behind possibly up to a foot of new snow in some areas creating a Friday evening drive home for local commuters that could be […]
Avalanche Danger Rises With Snow Fall By Jason Konigsberg, Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) The Central Mountains received between 8 to 22 inches of snow over the last couple days. The highest snow totals are around Schofield and Kebler Pass. […]
Mountain Rescue Member Becomes Avalanche Victim Rolling spring snow storms through the Colorado high country have left unstable back country conditions resulting in tragedy for a member of the Mountain Rescue Aspen (MRA) team. The following is the official statement from […]
Snowmobilers found alive, brought back safe by Lake County Search and Rescue and other emergency teams.
