Avalanche danger continues into ski season

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- A 21-year-old man was buried in an avalanche at the Steamboat Springs Ski Resort Sunday, marking the 6th person in Colorado to get caught in an avalanche this season.

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) estimated 4,000 avalanches in Colorado during the 2018-2019 avalanche season.

Ahead of heavy snowfall, the CAIC issued a special advisory last week for backcountry avalanche danger along Colorado’s Front Range.

There were more than 12 avalanches reported over the course of the weekend, especially in the Loveland Pass area.

Colorado recorded its first avalanche death of the season when a 29-year-old woman was caught in a slide while backcountry skiing in Larimer County last Sunday.

Check CAIC's latest avalanche forecasts on its website.