An avalanche that swept six skiers participating in an advanced avalanche safety course downslope this month, killing a 40-year-old man, was triggered as the skiers failed to follow a basic procedure aimed at minimizing avalanche risk, according to investigators. As reported by The Denver Post, Peter Marshall of Longmont was the first person killed by an avalanche this year in Colorado. The group on the mountain was with the Silverton Avalanche School. A safety measure of traveling one at a time through avalanche-prone areas was not followed, and as one skier started down, and a second skier followed before the first skier had cleared a prone area. The rest of the skiers began “sidestepping down the slope so they could see” the pair who were descending, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center report. All six were caught in the avalanche.<\/p>\n
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Social Calls are comments pulled from the Summit Daily\u2019s website and Facebook page.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease ban these eye sores. They are littered all over the place. People can walk or use the bus system.\u201d \u2014 Russell Epstein on \u201cWill Breckenridge backpedal on e-bikes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am vehemently opposed to E-Bikes. The cities and county can\u2019t even manage the bikepath as it is now, let alone adding motorized vehicles. Someone will get killed using an E-Bike, wait and see.\u201d \u2014 Terrence Power on \u201cWill Breckenridge backpedal on e-bikes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLove my Ebikes. Have replaced my car, use is in all weather all year. Buses don\u2019t go to all destinations. Make people realize the cost of their cars and the infrastructure required.\u201d \u2014Duncan Parrishon on \u201cWill Breckenridge backpedal on e-bikes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving been in San Antonio recently, e-scooters are thick. They have wider streets and sidewalks. There are regulations that no one knows, few obey, and little if any enforcement. The assumption they take cars off the road might be accurate if every vehicle had only one occupant. What is the effect when 4-6 people want to ride? More congestion. Many riders rent them because they are fun and require little if any effort. I\u2019ve never seen any enforcement of bicycle regulations in Summit County and don\u2019t believe anything would change with e-vehicles\u201d \u2014Peter Caldwell on \u201cWill Breckenridge backpedal on e-bikes?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow does that work when DPS teachers are ready to go on strike, due to low wages? If our economy is doing so good, why can\u2019t the teachers be taken care of, so they can afford to live in CO? Where\u2019s the money going to come from, really, increased taxes?\u201d \u2014 Todd Woelfel on \u201cGov. Jared Polis unveils plan to pay for full-day kindergarten \u2014 but Democratic lawmakers want to pump the brankes\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a long weird way of saying \u2018increase state sales tax\u2019\u201d \u2014 Neil Wade Harlow on \u201cGov. Jared Polis unveils plan to pay for full-day kindergarten \u2014 but Democratic lawmakers want to pump the brankes\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI really wish the resorts or whomever would make it mandatory that everyone must wear a helmet.\u201d \u2014 Jennifer Saxon on \u201cThinkFirst program reminds skiers of the need for helmets, rules for skier safety\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201ccommon sense\u2026essential gear. should be required and enforced for resort ski\/riding. however, there might be a psychological factor of \u201cinvincibility\u201d felt in wearing a helmet. it is a false presumption to believe a level of protection exists beyond 10-15 mph. Michael Schumacher is an example of sustained coma for many years after hitting his helmeted head on a rock. similarly, hard-packed snow can be as dangerous.<\/p>\n
the final paragraph is a qualifier \u2013 \u2018It should be noted that helmets do not offer safety all the time or at all speeds; for an impact at high speed, there is little that can save a person from mortal injury.\u2019\u201d \u2014 Lynda Weston Taylor on \u201cThinkFirst program reminds skiers of the need for helmets, rules for skier safety\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSoft on crime. Plea deals shouldn\u2019t go to those who repeatedly commit crimes \u2013 like the whizanator.\u201d \u2014 Chris Logan on \u201cJustin Erwin accepts plea agreement in 2016 Silverthorne sexual assault case\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d happily \u201cgive up\u201d 4th it July fireworks to not set off a wildfire. Not worth people losing homes and displacing animals just for 30 minutes of pretty explosions. If your patriotism is ruined because you don\u2019t see some fireworks, you\u2019ve got bigger problems to work on.\u201d \u2014 Lisa Robinson on \u201cEver-present threat of wildfire leads Breckenridge to rethink Fourth of July fireworks\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNew year\u2019s fireworks are great. Something safer for the 4th has my family\u2019s full support.\u201d \u2014 Tracy Dodds Larson on \u201cEver-present threat of wildfire leads Breckenridge to rethink Fourth of July fireworks\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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