Wet Slabs
N
NE
E
SE
S
SW
W
NW
- Alpine
- Treeline
- Below treeline
- Likelihood
- Possible
- Size
- 1–2
Avalanche forecast
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Colorado Avalanche Information Center
Avalanche danger
Wed
Thu
Alpine
1 · Low
Treeline
2 · Moderate
Below
1 · Low
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Avalanche problems
Avalanche Summary
Wet Slab avalanches are hard to anticipate. Giving yourself a wide safety buffer around steep terrain near the treeline is the easiest way to avoid the issues. On Saturday, a skier was caught and injured in a wet avalanche in the Tenmile Range on a west-facing near treeline slope.
Avoid traveling on steep slopes where you are sinking more than about 10 inches into slurpee-like snow or breaking through a thin crust into wet, cohesionless snow. Move to low-angle terrain before you bog down in that wet snow.