How should backcountry skiers think about avalanche danger during corn season and beyond? A few weeks ago I set off to ski ...

But first the blue shirts would turn yellow, and women would finally be allowed to join the troops of the IMS Safety Patrol. The Yellow Shirts: 'It's more than a job. It's a connection' In the ...

But those men, more than 70 years ago, who served on the IMS Safety Patrol didn't wear yellow. Those men wore dark blue, long-sleeved, wool shirts buttoned up to their necks with light blue ties.

IMS' volunteer yellow shirts didn't always wear yellow. And they used to carry guns Initially, IMS was patrolled by National Guard members. 'I've heard they were pretty mean' Yellow shirts replaced ...