Sawatch

Avalanche

12ft deep powder ridge broke free. 1 snowmobile 2 riders stuck at the bottom of powder ridge, digging snowmobile out, hit by unexpected avalanche. both riders were thrown forward and pushed down 500ft. Both survive and hike 45min/1hr. across avalanche to safety buy High Country Tours. where they were given a ride (about 10 minutes) the rest of the way down the mountain https://avalanche.state.co.us/report/c86ac1fe-8b0f-4415-9a0c-18a3bc66de73