Aspen

Dangerous avalanche conditions exist. You can easily trigger an avalanche on most slopes where you find over a foot of new snow. The most dangerous slopes face west through north to southeast. If you trigger an avalanche here, it will be large and run farther than you expect. To decrease your chances of being caught in an avalanche stick to slopes less than about 35 degrees where you find more than a foot of new snow and give any steep slopes facing west through north to southeast a wide margin. You can always find safer travel options by sticking to slopes less than about 30 degrees steep without similarly steep slopes overhead.