Sangre de Cristo

With some of the warmest days of the season in store, your ability to trigger wet avalanches will increase as each day progresses and into the weekend. Avalanches you trigger will be small, but even a small avalanche can be dangerous in the wrong terrain. Signs of increasing wet snow hazards include rollerballs or pinwheels, gloppy snow sticking to the bottom of your gear, or loose avalanches on other slopes.

The most likely place to trigger an avalanche in wet snow is on an open, rocky, sunny, and very steep slope. With overnight temperatures expected to be above freezing, wet snow hazards will rise more rapidly each day. Get into and out of the mountains early to avoid wet snow avalanches, or just avoid snow-covered slopes altogether.