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Clear Creek Sheriff invites public to an ‘off-the-cuff’ conversation BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Clear Creek County Sheriff Matt Harris is inviting the public to a question and answer discussion where nothing is off-limits. The discussion will start at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 24, at the county building located at 405 Argentine St. in Georgetown. Public information officer for the department Jennifer Fulton said while Harris will field any questions from the public, his answers may be
Avalanche dog searching for victim under the snow.
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Three fatalities, at least 3,267 avalanches already this year in Colorado Teams of avalanche forecasters across the state work to identify potentially dangerous areas BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Front and center on the Colorado Avalanche Information Center’s website is an avalanche forecast that says every backcountry rider or hiker should consider before an excursion. The statewide map can update daily at 4:30 p.m. and identifies, color codes and ranks areas communicating the danger of avalanches with a scale of “one”
being a low risk and “five” being an “extreme” risk for avalanche in the area, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center website. “Our mission is to provide avalanche information and education and promote research for the protection of life and property,” Public Information Officer Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) Kelsy Been said.Already this season, eyewitnesses have reported,
documented and verified at least 3,267 avalanches in Colorado this season, according to CAIC data. On average, at least six people are killed in Colorado every season in an avalanche; three people have died in an avalanche this year, according to CAIC. The avalanche season starts every year on Oct. 1 and continues to Sept. 30, according to CAIC data. That data shows someone in
Colorado has died in an avalanche every month of the year except September, according to Been. “Mother Nature says she doesn’t care about who you are, what you’re wearing or how you’re moving in the backcountry,” Colorado Search and Rescue Association Public Information Officer Dawn Wilson said. “It comes with such speed and SEE AVALANCHE, P6
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