Avalanche/landslide - The Durango Herald

Red Mountain closes briefly after slide

Red Mountain Pass was closed for less than an hour Monday afternoon after an avalanche covered U.S. Highway 550. “It was small potatoes for an avalanche,” Colorado Department of T...

DATE: Apr 20, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowpack dust is trending upward

This year not as bad as 2013’s ‘quantum leap’

DATE: Apr 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Avalanche victims experienced in endeavors

Ski patroller and snowmobiler were skilled in backcountry travel

DATE: Mar 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Authorities end search for avalanche victim

‘Too dangerous to go up there for a recovery’

DATE: Mar 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wolf Creek ski patroller killed in avalanche

Man was conducting research outside boundaries

DATE: Mar 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snowmobiler missing in avalanche

Slide hits group of five in La Plata Mountains

DATE: Mar 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Anatomy of an avalanche

There’s no substitute for knowledge when heading into the backcountry, but even then danger lurks

DATE: Feb 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Danger high in the San Juans

3 men survive Ophir Pass slide

DATE: Feb 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Snow may complicate travel

Coal Bank, Red Mountain passes may receive 21 inches

DATE: Jan 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Crews defang rocky pass

Delicate chopper work in progress on Red Mountain

DATE: Jan 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Red Mountain Pass is still impassable

Climbers working to mitigate rockslide

DATE: Jan 19, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Avalanche school scholarship in the works

Local business decided to do something to prevent more deaths

DATE: Jan 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News