TELLURIDE, Colo. (CBS4)- Experts set off some avalanches in the Bridal Veil Basin east of Telluride on Saturday.
(credit: Bobbie Lynn Smith via San Miguel Sheriff’s Office)
The mitigation work comes days after a backcountry skier triggered an avalanche in the Bear Creek area. That skier, 47-year-old Salvadore Garcia-Atance, died.
(credit: Amy Levek via San Miguel Sheriff’s Office)
(credit: Amy Levek via San Miguel Sheriff’s Office)
He is the fifth avalanche fatality in Colorado this season, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.