Avalanche forecast

Sangre de Cristo

Colorado Avalanche Information Center
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Avalanche danger

Thu
Fri
Alpine
3 · Considerable
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
    Likely
    Size
    1–1.5

Avalanche Summary

Westerly wind with plenty of dry snow will build slabs and continue to test the snowpack. You could trigger an avalanche where you find 8 inches or more of drifted snow. Avoid areas that look smooth, rounded, or feel hollow. An avalanche in freshly drifted snow may step down, triggering a larger, more dangerous slide that breaks on weak-layers buried in the snowpack. Triggering an avalanche deeper in the snowpack will result in a ride that would be difficult to escape and large enough to bury you. Likely, trigger points include shallow buried rocks, convex rollovers, and just below ridgelines.

You can find safer travel options on wind-sheltered slopes at lower elevations and by sticking to low-angle slopes without steep slopes overhead.

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