Winter Travel

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An ice trail is a defined path or route traveled on frozen water, packed snow, or treated surfaces during cold conditions. The term commonly refers to winter walking, skating, o...

Safety & Survival

How long you can survive in an avalanche depends primarily on how quickly you are located and rescued, your physical condition, and how you manage your airway and breathing unde...

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An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, and in Wyoming it is a serious mountain hazard during winter and spring. When snow layers fail, even a slab only a few feet de...

Safety

An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, triggered when the stress on a weak layer in the snowpack exceeds the strength of that layer. Colorado is consistently among t...