The backcountry is more popular than ever, but that doesn't make it safeOutside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..Colorado recorded last Friday and Saturday, which naturally made folks wonder if the COVID-inspired was already contributing to a prophesied uptick in avalanche deaths. It’s not. It’s good policy not to weigh in on the specifics of avalanche accidents like slope angle, decision making, and cause of death until local avalanche centers and coroners compile their...…The backcountry is more popular than ever, but that doesn't make it safeOutside's long reads email newsletter features our strongest writing, most ambitious reporting, and award-winning storytelling about the outdoors..Colorado recorded last Friday and Saturday, which naturally made folks wonder if the COVID-inspired was already contributing to a prophesied uptick in avalanche deaths. It’s not. It’s good policy not to weigh in on the specifics of avalanche accidents like slope angle, decision making, and cause of death until local avalanche centers and coroners compile their...WW…