Aspen

You can trigger an avalanche on most slopes at all elevations that breaks on weak snow buried by the large January storm cycle. You might not notice obvious signs of instability like shooting cracks or audible collapses before you trigger a dangerous avalanche. If you do trigger an avalanche, it could break wider and run farther than you expect. You can trigger slides from the bottom of a slope or from a distance. Continue to give yourself wide margins for error around steep slopes. Slopes less than about 30 degrees without steep slopes above are a safer option.