{"id":140553,"date":"2025-02-21T03:36:09","date_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140553"},"modified":"2025-02-21T03:36:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T20:36:09","slug":"video-man-survives-lengthy-avalanche-burial-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=140553","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Man survives lengthy avalanche burial in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"featured featured-video video-ct\">\n<div class=\"video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<div data-widget-type=\"embed\" data-video-id=\"fmc-ge8x4yqk39jb2z0j\" class=\"m video-player\"><a href=\"\" class=\"video-link\"><span class=\"overlay\"\/> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37938224869\/320\/179\/e7e81uo7ug4pbygp.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37938224869\/640\/358\/e7e81uo7ug4pbygp.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37938224869\/768\/432\/e7e81uo7ug4pbygp.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37938224869\/1536\/864\/e7e81uo7ug4pbygp.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" width=\"1984\" height=\"1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37938224869\/992\/558\/e7e81uo7ug4pbygp.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37938224869\/1984\/1116\/e7e81uo7ug4pbygp.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static-media.fox.com\/fmc\/prod\/weather\/37938224869\/992\/558\/e7e81uo7ug4pbygp.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Police bodycam footage shows the harrowing rescue of a snowmobiler who was buried by an avalanche in central Colorado on Monday.\" width=\"992\" height=\"558\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/a> <!----><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"sub-text\">Police bodycam footage shows the harrowing rescue of a snowmobiler who was buried by an avalanche in central Colorado on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A man was rescued after an avalanche buried him on the slopes of Vail Pass in central <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/colorado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Colorado<\/a> on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">He and another man had been out snowmobiling on Shrine Mountain west of Vail Pass when they set off the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/avalanche\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">avalanche<\/a>, according to the Summit County Rescue Group (SCRG).<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">As one man became buried, the other tried to locate him by using his avalanche rescue transceiver, officials with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC) said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">When he did not receive a signal, the unburied man then called 9-1-1 for help.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.20.08-pm-copy.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.20.08-pm-copy.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.20.08-pm-copy.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.20.08-pm-copy.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.20.08-pm-copy.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.20.08-pm-copy.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.20.08-pm-copy.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Site of the rescue.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Site of the rescue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Colorado Avalanche Information Center \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Personnel and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/pets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dog<\/a> teams with the Summit County Rescue Group, along with two deputies with the Summit County Sheriff\u2019s Office, responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The rescue was recorded on the bodycam of one of the deputies, showing rescue personnel using shovels to dig the man out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/snow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">snow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Approximately 2 feet down, two feet under the snow, we\u2019ve just uncovered him,&#8221; one deputy can be heard saying off camera. &#8220;He is breathing, conscious and is speaking to us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">SCRG officials said the man was buried for about 65 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">His survival after being buried for that long is nothing short of extraordinary, as most people buried by avalanches usually suffocate and die within 15 minutes, according to Michael Schilling with the Summit County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;It&#8217;s extremely amazing,&#8221; he said to FOX Weather. &#8220;We go to those rescues, and oftentimes, they&#8217;re recoveries. So to find someone after an hour and five minutes of burial is extraordinarily rare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/deschutes-county-ski-bend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>2 DEAD AFTER AVALANCHE BURIES SKIERS IN OREGON MOUNTAINS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/480357850_1019072730255830_3402403828216792885_n-copy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/480357850_1019072730255830_3402403828216792885_n-copy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/480357850_1019072730255830_3402403828216792885_n-copy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/480357850_1019072730255830_3402403828216792885_n-copy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/480357850_1019072730255830_3402403828216792885_n-copy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/480357850_1019072730255830_3402403828216792885_n-copy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/480357850_1019072730255830_3402403828216792885_n-copy.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Rescuers placing man on a gurney.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">Rescuers placing man on a gurney.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Summit County Rescue Group \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The buried man was moved off the field by snowmobile and a gurney on skis, and then transported by ambulance to a local hospital. SCRG said he suffered mainly from the early stages of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/learn\/what-is-hypothermia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hypothermia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The avalanche comes after a series of intense <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/winter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winter<\/a> storms brought heavy snowfall to the area. SCRG said the avalanche danger the day of the incident was rated by the CAIC as &#8220;high,&#8221; or 4 out of 5.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;Backcountry users need to be aware that an avalanche burial will generally result in a fatality if the subject is not located and uncovered within 15 minutes,&#8221; the SCRG said. &#8220;Survival is highly dependent on all members of the party having a transceiver, probe pole and shovel, and knowing how to use them. In this case, the subject was extremely fortunate to have been located alive.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A series of avalanches have occurred over the past week, the CAIC said. They noted that the avalanches were measured as D3, or very large, events.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featured featured-image component-center\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/288\/162\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.23.31-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/576\/324\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.23.31-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/720\/405\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.23.31-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1440\/810\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.23.31-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.23.31-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1336\/752\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.23.31-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" width=\"1336\" height=\"752\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/images.foxweather.com\/static.foxweather.com\/www.foxweather.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/668\/376\/screenshot-2025-02-20-at-1.23.31-pm.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"An example of an avalanche. This one occurred off a northwest aspect above the Maroon Creek Road near Aspen.\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p class=\"title\">An example of an avalanche. This one occurred off a northwest aspect above the Maroon Creek Road near Aspen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"><strong> (Colorado Avalanche Information Center \/ FOX Weather)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">&#8220;You don\u2019t want to tangle with monsters like this,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The CAIC advised people to recreate on lower-angled slopes away from steeper terrain. This will help ensure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">safety<\/a> and help avoid a potentially deadly avalanche.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/video-avalanche-man-rescued-colorado-shrine-mountain-vail-pass\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police bodycam footage shows the harrowing rescue of a snowmobiler who was buried by an avalanche in central Colorado on Monday. 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