Grand Mesa

Start and end your day early to avoid wet snow avalanches. Once the sun hits slopes, the surface snow will get wet and start to lose cohesion. If you find more than a few inches of wet, gloppy snow at the surface, see rollerballs or small point releases running from steep rocky terrain, it's time to find a cooler, more supportable slope to travel on. If you stand on the snow surface and find yourself sinking deeper than your boot tops into wet, unconsolidated snow, it's time to call it a day. Steep rocky slopes are the most likely spots to trigger a larger avalanche, so plan your day to avoid those spots and to stay ahead of the sun.

We will stop issuing danger ratings on June 1. We will update Avalanche Summaries when conditions change, so click the map to get the latest conditions. Keep sending us your field reports. We rely on the information to stay current on avalanche conditions across the state. There have been fatal avalanche accidents every month of the year in Colorado, so just because it's June doesn't mean you can let your guard down.