AVALANCHE: A blow-by-blow analysis of the 1978 disaster flick

Nature bites back in this Mia Farrow/Rock Hudson movie filmed near Durango

I was drawn in by the close-up winter aerial shots of ridges and peaks of the San Juan Mountains—Look, there’s Vestal! I yelled to my non-existent viewing companions as Rock Hudson’s name flashed on the screen. And Arrow! And Mount Garfield! I kept watching the lost-to-obscurity 1978 disaster film, Avalanche, not only because it was filmed in my home re…