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Big ole’ slide triggered by a snowboarder on Berthoud Pass in Colorado on Wednesday. Thankfully no one was injured in this avalanche but it was the third such incident in as many days and avalanche forecasters are worried the incidents are emblematic of a very busy season in the backcountry to come:

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