Avalanche Kills in Colorado and Utah

For all you guys in the Colorado and Utah area have a read through these article!  These were experience backcountry users showing us that there is some deep instabilities in the snow pack!  

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/12/24/utah.avalanche/

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,472504,00.html

http://www.wildsnow.com/1575/december-avalanches/ 

Just because a few of these articles are about ski hills, don’t be fooled, you are sledding in the same snowpack!  Be safe out there!