The faculty and students of Colorado Mountain College’s avalanche science program will be featured in an upcoming news special airing during the holidays. The special, half-hour program, titled “Colorado Avalanches: The Science Behind the Slides,” details last March’s historic avalanches in the Colorado high country.
At right, Fox 31 News anchor Jeremy Hubbard interviews Colorado Mountain College avalanche science student Spencer Herford, left, during a reading at the CMC Leadville weather station during taping of “Colorado Avalanches: The Science Behind the Slides.” Photo Carrie Click
The special program will air three times: Dec. 25 at 5:30 p.m. on KDVR Fox 31, Dec. 25 at 7:30 p.m. on KWGN Channel 2, and Jan. 1 at 10 a.m. on KWGN Channel 2.
The special features CMC’s avalanche science program which will be shown in the second segment of the show.
As part of the show, Fox 31 News anchor Jeremy Hubbard will interview Colorado Mountain College avalanche science students during the taping of the show “Colorado Avalanches: The Science Behind the Slides.”
CMC students, during their avalanche science course work have recorded temperatures, snow depths and other factors to determine avalanche probabilities.
Last season’s epic snowfall made for a record breaking avalanche season, covered in several Ark Valley Voice stories:
Avalanche conditions termed ‘extreme’, Lake County Sheriff warns ‘no travel’
CDOT to install remote avalanche control sytem on Monarch Pass
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