Front Range

Generally safe avalanche conditions exist. The few areas you should watch out for are where you find recently wind-drifted snow on steep slopes. You can identify wind-drifted snow by the hard, hollow feel or the smooth, rounded, sometimes wave-like appearance on the snow surface, often with a cornice on the ridgeline above the slope. If you trigger an avalanche on these more dangerous wind drifts it will be small but can still knock you over and drag you down the slope so be aware of terrain traps such as a creek, a cliff, or a deep gully beneath you.