Backcountry enthusiasts are being urged to use caution in Utah's mountains while enjoying the Presidents Day holiday. While avalanche danger isn't rated as high, weakness on the slopes is persistent because of newly fallen snow, according to the Utah Avalanche Center. Experts are particularly concerned because the new snow could overload weaknesses near the ground, thereby producing a much larger and deadly avalanche.
DENVER - Ethan Greene wants to help anyone who spends time in Colorado's snowy mountains decode the mysteries of avalanche science. Greene, 35, is the new director of the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, the state agency that provides wintertime avalanche and weather forecasts for a wide range of users.
The Utah Avalanche Center has issued a warning against venturing into the backcountry in search of fresh powder. Large natural avalanches have occurred and will continue to occur in steep terrain at the mid and upper elevations," the U.S. Forest Service group said in its daily report Wednesday. "Human- triggered avalanches are likely and potentially fatal. Those without excellent avalanche skills are urged to avoid the backcountry.
The Utah Avalanche Center, a sentinel when backcountry adventurers need to know about hazardous snow, is sounding a different alarm: It is short of cash. Director Bruce Tremper's forecast for 2007 includes a $30,000 shortfall that could lead to a staff layoff.
The Penguins are without their captain, but they do not lack for leaders. Just look at who did what in a 6-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche at Consol Energy Center on Tuesday night.
DENVER - During the regular season, Colorado Avalanche center Chris Gratton won 55.7 percent of his faceoffs, 15th-best in the NHL. That proficiency was one of the main reasons Colorado acquired Gratton at the trade deadline in the multiplayer deal that sent defenseman Derek Morris to Phoenix. After going 10 for 22 on faceoffs in Game 1 against Dallas, Gratton said he expected to improve significantly as the series went along. Through two periods, Gratton had won 4 of 8 in Game 2.
DENVER - Although the numbers strongly suggest it's not working, Ilya Kovalchuk and Pete DeBoer say they still believe it will eventually. Thus, the great right-wing experiment continued for Kovalchuk and the Devils on Wednesday night when they took on the Colorado Avalanche at Pepsi Center.
The backcountry is something we don't open and close. It's left to people to make their decisions to go out or not," said Janet Kellam, director of the Sawtooth Avalanche Center. "We have seen good response to the [avalanche] warnings. "The slopes [usually] have timber, eventually these trees will come down and then we'll have nice open slopes," said [David Gordon]. "There's been a lot of fire in past seasons up by McCall and they've got great, open slopes now." "We work on developing peoples' decision making skills; getting people familiar with the human behavior phenomenon of ignoring the signs," said [Kirk Bachman]. "They get scripted in terms of why they're out there, they get blinders on."
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