Avalanche in Colorado, January 1, 2006

Name: Avalanche in Colorado, January 1, 2006
Start: 2006-01-01T11:00
End: 2006-01-01T11:00
Location: Colorado

January 1, 2006 · NWS BOU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 avalanche, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 2
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

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Event by event

1 avalanche. Local standard time, as filed.

Avalanche, S & E Jackson / Larimer / N & Ne Grand / Nw Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet

When: January 1, 11:00 AM MST
Where: S & E Jackson / Larimer / N & Ne Grand / Nw Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet forecast zone
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Coordinates: 40.382, -105.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Two snowmobilers from Iowa were buried and killed in an avalanche in the Trap Park area of the Front Range, about 3.5 miles east-northeast of Cameron Pass. There were 12 snowmobilers in the party. Seven were caught, five partly buried and two fully buried; both buried riders were killed. The data was provided by the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Avalanche, S & E Jackson / Larimer / N & Ne Grand / Nw Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet	2006-01-01	25	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct
Avalanche, S & E Jackson / Larimer / N & Ne Grand / Nw Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet	2006-01-01	32	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct

What these are

Avalanche: A mass of snow sliding down a mountainside that caused a death, an injury or damage.

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The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5490156.