Front Range

You can trigger a slab avalanche above treeline where you find drifted pillows of snow just below ridges, below freshly-grown cornices, inside cross-drifted gullies, or below steep rollovers. If you see cracking in the newly drifted snow, move to low-angle or wind-sheltered slopes. Easterly-facing slopes are the most likely place to trigger an avalanche, but take care anywhere you find more than about a foot of recently drifted snow.

Afternoon wet snow concerns decrease on Thursday, but if you find a localized spot where you sink deeper than your ankles in saturated, wet snow, move to lower-angle terrain.