Aspen

Warmer temperatures and ample sunshine makes wet avalanche activity the primary concern for Wednesday. Start and end your day early reduce this threat. Rollerballs, pin wheels, and a slushy unsupportable surface all mean it's time to move to colder, shadier slopes or exit avalanche terrain.

Six to eight inches of recent storm snow means you be able to trigger small avalanches in freshly drifted snow at the highest elevations. Slopes steeper than about 35 degrees in the alpine below ridgelines, cornices, and in couloir-type features are most suspect.

Lastly, there is a lingering threat for Wet Slab avalanches. Collapsing and cracking is a clear sign that wetted weak layers just under the surface crusts are capable of producing avalanches. Rocky areas in easterly-facing terrain are most worrisome.