Steamboat & Flat Tops

A Special Avalanche Advisory is in effect from  4:30 PM Wednesday until 4:30 PM Sunday. Avalanche conditions are more dangerous than we’ve experienced. You can easily trigger dangerous avalanches large enough to injure or kill you. Avoid traveling on and under slopes with a slope angle steeper than about 30 degrees. You can trigger avalanches from a distance or from below. Check the forecast each afternoon for the most up-to-date information.

You can easily trigger an avalanche on many slopes steeper than 30 degrees, where you find more than 10 inches of new snow. This will be most likely where the wind has drifted snow onto northerly and easterly aspects. The avalanche you trigger may gouge or step down into old snow, resulting in a large, unescapable slide. Be attentive; even very soft slabs can fail with such a weak snowpack beneath. As the day warms, slabs may become more reactive. You can trigger an avalanche from below or a distance, so pay close attention to what is above and around you.