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Colorado Is Still Skiing and Reporting Avalanches in May
It’s almost Memorial Day and they’re still skiing and reporting avalanches in Colorado thanks to this year’s spate of spring snow.
14 May 2019, 08:18 AM IST 
Skiers ride down the mountain at Powderhorn Mountain Resort in Mesa, Colorado, U.S. (Photographer: Michael Ciaglo/Bloomberg)
(Bloomberg) -- It’s almost Memorial Day and they’re still skiing and reporting avalanches in Colorado thanks to this year’s spate of spring snow.
- Vail Resort Inc.’s Breckenridge Ski Resort reported a base depth of 83 inches today and Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Keystone reported 73 inches, according to the website On The Snow.
- The Colorado Avalanche Center posted 11 reports of avalanches across the state over the May 11-12 weekend though statewide conditions are described today as “generally safe.”
- While ski areas have been spared, seven people were caught in avalanches in Rocky Mountain National Park; none were seriously injured, the Associated Press reported.
To contact the reporter on this story: Vincent Del Giudice in Denver at vdelgiudice@bloomberg.net
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Kristy Scheuble at kmckeaney@bloomberg.net, Chris Middleton
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