AVWBOU
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER.
…AVALANCHE WARNING IN EFFECT 5 PM TUESDAY UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY…
*WHAT…Heavy snow and strong winds will result in very dangerous
avalanche conditions and a HIGH (Level 4 of 5) avalanche danger. The
avalanche danger is EXTREME (Level 5 of 5) in the southern San Juan
Mountains
*WHERE…San Juan Mountains and Sangre de Cristo Range
*WHEN…Expect very dangerous avalanche conditions to develop on
Tuesday evening and last through Thursday
*IMPACTS…Large, dangerous, and destructive avalanches will be
very easy to trigger in many places. Avalanches will run naturally.
Avalanches will run long distances into valley bottoms.
*PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…Travel in backcountry avalanche
terrain is not recommended during the Warning period. Avoid travel
on and under slopes steeper than about 30 degrees. You can find
more detailed information at colorado.gov/avalanche