Skier Triggers Slow-Moving Wet Avalanche on Colorado Peak

Gunnison County, United States – A skier set off a small, slow-moving avalanche of wet snow in the west bowl of Mount Baldy on Colorado's Paradise Divide on November 12.

Footage released by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center shows a broad sheet of loose snow creeping down the bright slope below jagged, snow-streaked cliffs, leaving a rough trail of churned-up debris.

The center said the skier triggered the loose wet avalanche, which picked up a few inches of wet snow as it slid. It started at an elevation of about 12,900 feet and was classed as small, according to the center's report.

The observation was texted to one of the center's forecasters, the report said.