Category Archives: CAIC

(English) Gathering Observations to Manage Hazards & Ride Powder

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Arapahoe Basin Beacon Bowl and Apres Ski Party

Arapahoe Basin, CO – February 4, 2012 Arapahoe Basin will be hosting the tenth annual Beacon Bowl and après ski party Saturday, February 11, 2012. The event will benefit the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

The Beacon Bowl is an event developed by A-Basin’s ski patrol to teach and test skills for the backcountry. Patrol will start the day at 9:15 a.m. with the Beacon Bowl competition. This event is an avalanche transceiver competition designed for both recreational and professional users.

Free beacon clinics with A-Basin ski patrol and Back Country Access will take place from 9:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. An avalanche dog and snow pit demonstration will follow at… Read more

CAIC Benefit Bash breaks record.

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(English) La Nina: Part 2 of “The Big 1-2″

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Avalanche Workshops Initiate the Winter Season

If you’re looking for a good way to transition from your stumbling summer thought pattern into your winter thinking cap, there may not be a better jump start for your lobes than to attend an avalanche workshop. Avalanche workshops (like ISSW) have been around for years and are attended by avalanche professionals, patrollers, ski/mountain guides and anyone looking to expand their knowledge of snow. Topics cover such wide topics as: fracture mechanics, winter weather prognosis and recaps of historical avalanche events. In the shadows of the grandfather event, the International Snow Safety Workshop, many regional one-day events have sprouted up to address new findings and trends in specific regions of… Read more

BCA’s Team Airbag wins DoJoe rando race

BCA’s Team Airbag won the men’s Tag Team division this week at the DoJoe Memorial Uphill-Downhill Race at Eldora Mountain Resort near Boulder, Colo.

2010 Corn Harvest – A Benefit for the CAIC

April 24, 2010 – Loveland Ski Area

It’s more than a benefit, it’s a kickass good time with old friends and new at Loveland Ski Area. Hawaiian shirts are encouraged (we’ll get you lei’d). Your registration includes lunch plus a couple of beers at the deck party at the end of the day. All proceeds go to the CAIC. Registration is $30 for season pass holders and $60 (includes lift ticket) for non-pass holders.

Please visit cornharvest.org for additional information.… Read more