Avalanche forecast

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Colorado Avalanche Information Center
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Avalanche danger

Mon
Tue
Alpine
2 · Moderate
Treeline
2 · Moderate
Below
1 · Low
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Avalanche problems

  • Persistent Slabs

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Possible
    Size
    1–2

  • Wind Slabs

    • Alpine
    • Treeline
    • Below treeline
    Likelihood
    Possible
    Size
    1–1.5

Avalanche Summary

You can still trigger a large slab avalanche on some northerly and east-facing slopes where you find a stiff slab resting on weak snow in the lower snowpack. You can also trigger a small avalanche in freshly wind-drifted snow that runs above the shallowly buried frozen crusts.

Later in the day, as the snow surface warms, you can push tiny wet avalanches.

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