Avalanches: ‘Some Slides Haven’t Run This Big Since The 80s’

By Stan Bush
DENVER (CBS4) – Avalanche forecasters predict this winter will be the most dangerous in a generation.
“Some of these slides haven’t run this big since the 80s,” said Scott Toepher, forecaster with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.Toepher says rapidly fluctuating temperatures in December created a volatile layer in the state snowpack. A week ago, temperatures were warm enough that rain began falling at 10,000 above sea level. When the temperatures fel