Category: Avalanche Safety

Community Avalanche Safety Workshop 2015

Avalanche Safety Workshop

Always a good bet for refreshing your knowledge and doing some networking. Meet new backcountry skiing friends, chat up the locals SAR folks, be a part of the community. Information at MountainRescueAspen.org

Marble Quarry Road — Holiday Closure 2014-2015

The snow "stake" or "snow board" is marked every 4 inches (10 centimeters).

According to sources: Colorado Stone Quarries will not plow Quarry Road for about 14 days over the holidays; they do not plan on plowing the road until just before they re-open on Jan. 3rd. In our experience here at Marbleski, the road may remain drivable for a short while, then become so rutted and deep …

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Winter 2014/2015 Now Kicking Along — Christmas

Looking southerly up Yule Creek, 'The Lineup'

Our biggest storm yet, just before Christmas. Probably lots of avy danger but at least we’re getting the snowpack built up enough to avoid getting tree bark on our boots. Enjoy and be safe.

Winter 2014/2015 off to Slow Start — with Near Miss

Snowpack is thin. It’s going to be hard to catch up now, but Marble does get the precip once the faucet turns on. Be careful. Someone triggered and cleaned out the main bowl a few days ago. Not trivial. We might have to start treating Marble Bowl like Highlands Bowl, with some intense boot packing …

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