Salt Lake Tribune · Mar 12, 2019
Colorado has seen an ‘unprecedented’ avalanche onslaught this March
(Hugh Carey | Summit Daily News via AP) Colorado Department of Transportation officials discuss with each other near Interstate 70 during a snowstorm, Thursday, March 7, 2019, at Loveland Pass, Colo. Historic avalanche danger caused havoc in the Colorado mountains Thursday, shutting down portions of two highways and prompting a rare warning for drivers to avoid a route leading to some of the state's busiest ski resorts. Since the beginning of March, Colorado has been dealing with what has been called an “historic and unprecedented” series of avalanches. As much as 100 inches of snow fell in spots during the beginning of the month, and it has led to more than 550 avalanches across the state.