{"id":794348,"date":"2019-03-30T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T21:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/photo-essay-black-thursday\/"},"modified":"2019-03-30T15:44:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T21:44:00","slug":"photo-essay-black-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/photo-essay-black-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo essay: Black Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.9244813278008\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-363769-238\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-6-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-6.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | A forest cleared by an avalanche that occurred in early March seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-6.jpg\" alt=\"A forest cleared by an avalanche that occurred in early March seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>A forest cleared by an avalanche that occurred in early March seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-7-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-7.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | A forest cleared by an avalanche that occurred in early March seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-7.jpg\" alt=\"A forest cleared by an avalanche that occurred in early March seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>A forest cleared by an avalanche that occurred in early March seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-8-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-8.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche slide path below Peak One of the Tenmile Range Saturday, March 23, near Frisco. Several local skiers, who have already skied the slide path, named it\" black thursday honor of the historic day in colorado where all zones were rated as=\"extreme&quot;\" level on march class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"9.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-8.jpg\" alt=\"Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche slide path below Peak One of the Tenmile Range Saturday, March 23, near Frisco. Several local skiers, who have already skied the slide path, named it \" black thursday honor of the historic day in colorado where all zones were rated as=\"extreme&quot;\" level on march><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche slide path below Peak One of the Tenmile Range Saturday, March 23, near Frisco. Several local skiers, who have already skied the slide path, named it &#8220;Black Thursday Chute&#8221; in honor of the historic day in Colorado where all zones were rated as &#8220;extreme&#8221; level on March 7.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-9-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-9.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche slide path below Peak One of the Tenmile Range Saturday, March 23, near Frisco. Several local skiers, who have already skied the slide path, named it\" black thursday honor of the historic day in colorado where all zones were rated as=\"extreme&quot;\" level on march class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"9.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-9.jpg\" alt=\"Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche slide path below Peak One of the Tenmile Range Saturday, March 23, near Frisco. Several local skiers, who have already skied the slide path, named it \" black thursday honor of the historic day in colorado where all zones were rated as=\"extreme&quot;\" level on march><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche slide path below Peak One of the Tenmile Range Saturday, March 23, near Frisco. Several local skiers, who have already skied the slide path, named it &#8220;Black Thursday Chute&#8221; in honor of the historic day in Colorado where all zones were rated as &#8220;extreme&#8221; level on March 7.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | Large old growth trees, seen on March 23, destroyed by an avalanche started near the ridge line, seen in the photo, and traveled to near Rainbow Lake below Peak One near Frisco.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"9\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1.jpg\" alt=\"Large old growth trees, seen on March 23, destroyed by an avalanche started near the ridge line, seen in the photo, and traveled to near Rainbow Lake below Peak One near Frisco.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"13\">\n<p><strong>Large old growth trees, seen on March 23, destroyed by an avalanche started near the ridge line, seen in the photo, and traveled to near Rainbow Lake below Peak One near Frisco.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche slide path below Peak One of the Tenmile Range Saturday, March 23, near Frisco. Several local skiers, who have already skied the slide path, named it\" black thursday honor of the historic day in colorado where all zones were rated as=\"extreme&quot;\" level on march class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"9.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche slide path below Peak One of the Tenmile Range Saturday, March 23, near Frisco. Several local skiers, who have already skied the slide path, named it \" black thursday honor of the historic day in colorado where all zones were rated as=\"extreme&quot;\" level on march><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche slide path below Peak One of the Tenmile Range Saturday, March 23, near Frisco. Several local skiers, who have already skied the slide path, named it &#8220;Black Thursday Chute&#8221; in honor of the historic day in Colorado where all zones were rated as &#8220;extreme&#8221; level on March 7.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | A tree sticking out upside down in the middle of the avalanche slide path seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"A tree sticking out upside down in the middle of the avalanche slide path seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>A tree sticking out upside down in the middle of the avalanche slide path seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | Boulder resident Taylor Kravits pauses to view the avalanche slide path March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-3.jpg\" alt=\"Boulder resident Taylor Kravits pauses to view the avalanche slide path March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>Boulder resident Taylor Kravits pauses to view the avalanche slide path March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-4-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche slide path below Peak One of the Tenmile Range Saturday, March 23, near Frisco. Several local skiers, who have already skied the slide path, named it\" black thursday honor of the historic day in colorado where all zones were rated as=\"extreme&quot;\" level on march class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"9.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-4.jpg\" alt=\"Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche slide path below Peak One of the Tenmile Range Saturday, March 23, near Frisco. Several local skiers, who have already skied the slide path, named it \" black thursday honor of the historic day in colorado where all zones were rated as=\"extreme&quot;\" level on march><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"14\">\n<p><strong>Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche slide path below Peak One of the Tenmile Range Saturday, March 23, near Frisco. Several local skiers, who have already skied the slide path, named it &#8220;Black Thursday Chute&#8221; in honor of the historic day in Colorado where all zones were rated as &#8220;extreme&#8221; level on March 7.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-5-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-5.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com | A forest cleared by an avalanche that occurred in early March seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/03\/BlackThursday-SDN-033119-1-5.jpg\" alt=\"A forest cleared by an avalanche that occurred in early March seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9\">\n<p><strong>A forest cleared by an avalanche that occurred in early March seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.<\/strong><br \/>Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/photo-essay-black-thursday\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/photo-essay-black-thursday\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">First seen on the morning of March 7, a path once filled with old-growth lodgepole pine trees was cleared completely by an avalanche below Peak One in the Tenmile Range. The path of destruction displayed the power of avalanches, even on a sub-20-degree-angle slope. A few days later, several local skiers, who skied the slope from top to bottom, had named it \u201cBlack Thursday Chute,\u201d in honor of the historic day on March 7 where all zones in the state were rated as extreme, or black, by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/photo-essay-black-thursday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A forest cleared by an avalanche that occurred in early March seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com A forest cleared by an avalanche that occurred in early March seen on March 23, below Peak One near Frisco.Hugh Carey \/ hcarey@summitdaily.com Boulder resident Nick Cote skis on a new avalanche [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-794348","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 05:25:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}