{"id":802341,"date":"2019-12-15T19:30:57","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T02:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=376074"},"modified":"2019-12-15T19:30:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T02:30:57","slug":"avalanche-triggered-in-closed-area-of-copper-mountain-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/avalanche-triggered-in-closed-area-of-copper-mountain-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Avalanche triggered in closed area of Copper Mountain Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"p402_hide\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div class=\"caption-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/74894438_10156592671360812_1441410334710562816_n.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-373991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/74894438_10156592671360812_1441410334710562816_n.jpg 766w, https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/74894438_10156592671360812_1441410334710562816_n-300x226.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\"><figcaption><strong>Snow cats groom the fresh snow at Copper Mountain Resort.<\/strong><br \/><em>Courtesy Copper Mountain Resort<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>COPPER MOUNTAIN RESORT \u2014 Avalanche blasts at ski resorts can be startling, but they show the fact of the sport that avalanches happen and resorts attempt to mitigate them in every way they can. Resorts blast dynamite to trigger avalanches in closed areas and they rope off areas that are too risky. While ducking under a rope to hit that fresh powder may seem harmless, it can come with serious consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Copper Mountain Resort spokeswoman Taylor Prather reported that over the past weekend, an avalanche was triggered off of a traverse to the Lower Enchanted Forest advanced run. The resort area was closed, but cameras showed an individual disregard the closure. The small avalanche that ensued was likely a result of this individual.<\/p>\n<p>Prather said that while avalanches on Copper Mountain in closed areas aren\u2019t uncommon, a routine natural slide can turn dangerous if skiers or snowboarders disregard run closures. Prather added that no one was reported injured in the incident.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/avalanche-triggered-in-closed-area-of-copper-mountain-resort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snow cats groom the fresh snow at Copper Mountain Resort.Courtesy Copper Mountain Resort COPPER MOUNTAIN RESORT \u2014 Avalanche blasts at ski resorts can be startling, but they show the fact of the sport that avalanches happen and resorts attempt to mitigate them in every way they can. Resorts blast dynamite to trigger avalanches in closed [&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-802341","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-30 09:59:19","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\/802341","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=802341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}