Backcountry
Avalanche
Recent storms have dropped substantial amounts of snow on the mountains in Colorado. Along with that, high winds are impacting the area, which is expected to overload the current weak snowpack in the area. Human and naturally triggered avalanches are likely.
Avalanche Warning:
COZ010-201815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED AVALANCHE WARNING COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 908 AM MST MON FEB 19 2018 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. AN AVALANCHE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AROUND ASPEN * TIMING...BEGAN AT 06:00 AM ON MONDAY 2/19/2018...EXPIRES AT 5:00 PM MST ON TUESDAY 2/20/2018. * AFFECTED AREAS...THIS WARNING INCLUDES... THE ELK MOUNTAINS NORTH OF THE DIVIDE...BASALT...RED TABLE...AND THE HARDSCRABBLE MOUNTAINS * AVALANCHE DANGER...IS HIGH (LEVEL 4 OF 5) * REASON...SNOWFALL AND STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL OVERLOAD OUR WEAK SNOWPACK AND RESULT IN LARGE NATURAL AND HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES IN MANY AREAS. AVALANCHES CAN RUN INTO THE VALLEY BOTTOMS. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...AVALANCHE CONDITIONS ARE VERY DANGEROUS. HUMAN TRIGGERED AND NATURAL AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN IS NOT RECOMMENDED. CONSULT WWW.COLORADO.GOV/AVALANCHE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.
