Many plan to hit the slopes this season and while ski resorts take many measures to ensure safety, it is important for skiers and snowboarders to protect themselves as well.
Though deaths are not common on the slopes, there are a number of things that skiers and snowboarders can do to prevent injuries or death.
9 and 10's Meredith Barack and photojournalist Jeff Blevins have more on what precautions slope-goers need to take to stay out of harm's way.
Thursday, May 23 2013 3:22 PM EDT2013-05-23 19:22:42 GMT
A Mecosta County man is dead after stopping on the side of the road to see if another driver needed help. The accident happened on M-20 just west of Sherman Road in Broomfield Township last night. The
A Mecosta County man is dead after stopping on the side of the road to see if another driver needed help.
Thursday, May 23 2013 1:49 PM EDT2013-05-23 17:49:29 GMT
A Cadillac Area Public Schools teacher is in trouble with the law for drinking behind the wheel. Michelle Whitley works at Cadillac High School and faces 2 charges of operating while intoxicated, open
A Cadillac Area Public Schools teacher is in trouble with the law for drinking behind the wheel. Michelle Whitley works at Cadillac High School and faces 2 charges of operating while intoxicated, open
Thursday, May 23 2013 6:30 PM EDT2013-05-23 22:30:56 GMT
Police are looking for whoever stole nearly 40 bronze grave markers in the Hersey Cemetery in Osceola county, just days before Memorial Day. Village workers noticed the markers missing earlier this week
Police are looking for whoever stole nearly 40 bronze grave markers in the Hersey Cemetery in Osceola county, just days before Memorial Day. Village workers noticed the markers missing earlier this week
Thursday, May 23 2013 11:26 AM EDT2013-05-23 15:26:37 GMT
The Mason County Sheriffs Department is reaching out to a forensic anthropologist to help to determine if bones recently found are from a human or an animal. The bones were found on Friday near Chauvez
The Mason County Sheriffs Department is reaching out to a forensic anthropologist to help to determine if bones recently found are from a human or an animal.
Thursday, May 23 2013 9:06 AM EDT2013-05-23 13:06:21 GMT
Michigan State Police are investigating what appears to be a drowning on Muskellunge Lake in Montcalm County. Troopers were called out to the lake around 11:40pm Wednesday night to find a missing fisherman. Michael
Michigan State Police are investigating what appears to be a drowning on Muskellunge Lake in Montcalm County. Troopers were called out to the lake around 11:40pm Wednesday night to find a missing fisherman. Michael
Wednesday, May 22 2013 6:27 PM EDT2013-05-22 22:27:46 GMT
Police in Chippewa County were called to a rollover accident involving five people. The accident happened early this morning on 10 Mile Road in Dafter. Officers say the car was speeding and alcohol played
Police in Chippewa County were called to a rollover accident involving five people. The accident happened early this morning on 10 Mile Road in Dafter. Officers say the car was speeding and alcohol played
Thursday, May 23 2013 4:13 PM EDT2013-05-23 20:13:27 GMT
The Emmett County Sheriff's Office is asking you to help them in their search for a 15 year old boy. Adam Albrecht went missing last night. He was last seen leaving on foot from his home on River Road
The Emmett County Sheriff's Office is asking you to help them in their search for a 15 year old boy. Adam Albrecht went missing last night. He was last seen leaving on foot from his home on River Road
An older brother was being questioned Thursday in the deaths of two Utah boys found by their mother when she returned home, police said.
A teenager was arrested Thursday in the deaths of his two younger brothers, ages 4 and 10, at the family home in a Utah subdivision of new houses and tidy lawns, police said.
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