Avalanche forecast

Front Range

Colorado Avalanche Information Center
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Avalanche danger

Fri
Sat
Alpine
3 · Considerable
Treeline
3 · Considerable
Below
2 · Moderate
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Avalanche problems

  • Persistent Slabs

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

Avalanche Summary

You can trigger an avalanche from the bottom of a slope or from a distance. Observers are reporting remotely triggered or natural avalanches, as well as a sensitive snowpack that collapses in open and drifted areas. Shady aspects, wind-drifted and near-treeline slopes, where weak layers are connected, pose the greatest danger. You can find safer travel on slopes without a buried weak layer, where you do not find a slab, or on slopes less than about 30 degrees.

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