Masontown<\/a>, an all-but-deserted mining town on the side of Mount Royal.<\/p>\nPitman estimated the recent avalanche must have been a couple hundred feet wide as it ripped down the mountainside and snaked its way through a gully.<\/p>\n
Trees caught in its path were wiped out, and the slide petered out toward the base of the mountain, where Pitman noticed the trees in the valley were darker on Friday than they were the day before. He hypothesized the avalanche’s wind gust must have been powerful enough to blow all the snow off the branches.<\/p>\n
“It sort of gives you an idea that it did go down a bit farther,” Pitman said. “I don’t think (the slide) went all the way to Rainbow Lake, but it was certainly heading that direction and my guess is that it got reasonably close.”<\/p>\n
Pitman said the avalanche outside Frisco was naturally triggered and, without any reports of missing persons, the rescue group was hesitant to send crews into the danger zone for fear they might be hurt.<\/p>\n
It might look like a new ski run now, but Pitman said the chute is so littered with debris that it would be foolish for anyone to try to ride it with such a high risk of catching a ski and being seriously injured or killed.<\/p>\n
“It looks like a beautiful ski run from here \u2014 just take a lift up to it, and you’re in great shape,” he said, “but in actuality, I think it has so much debris that it would not be a wise thing to ski.”<\/p>\n
RESORT SLIDES<\/p>\n
The slides weren’t exclusive to the backcountry, either. At Breckenridge Ski Resort, avalanche activity cropped up inbounds when one tore through an expert-rated trail off the Imperial Express SuperChair early Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Spokeswoman Sara Lococo said ski patrol responded to the incident immediately and no one was hurt. On Friday afternoon, Lococo said she was unable to comment on the cause of the avalanche or whether anyone was rescued as the investigation was still underway.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Arapahoe Basin Ski Area remained closed for the second straight day on Friday due to high avalanche danger. It’s probably a good thing, too, because slides were reported at nearby locations known as “The Professor” and at a chute down the road from A-Basin known as “the Widowmaker,” which covered Highway 6 leading up to the ski area. A-Basin is expected to reopen today.<\/p>\n
MORE SNOW<\/p>\n
While the avalanche risk was lowered from extreme on Thursday to high on Friday, more snow began falling on Friday afternoon and forecasters were calling for another 6-12 inches by this morning.<\/p>\n
The snowfall could easily raise avalanche dangers again across the mountains, Logan said, explaining that even as the degree of danger may change slightly, it’s not going away anytime soon.<\/p>\n
Pitman is encouraging backcountry enthusiasts to view this as an opportunity to enjoy their favorite ski resorts.<\/p>\n
The resorts aren’t entirely risk-free, he said, but ski patrol does a “superb job” controlling avalanches inbounds and they’re much safer than backcountry adventures at this time.<\/p>\n
“Stay inbounds and enjoy the snowpack that way,” Pitman said, adding that it’s not a bad idea for people to carry avalanche beacons with them even at the resorts, just in case something happens.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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