Avalanche Advisory issued February 15 at 4:36PM MST by NWS Denver CO

SABCO

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER.

…A SPECIAL AVALANCHE ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4:30 PM SATURDAY UNTIL 5 PM MONDAY…

*WHAT…Heavy snow and strong winds dramatically changed avalanche conditions. You can easily trigger large, deadly avalanches throughout Presidents Day weekend.

*WHERE…Flat Top Mountains…Medicine Bow Mountains…Never Summer Mountains…Front Range…Williams Fork Mountains…Never Summer Mountains…Gore and Elk Mountains…Ten Mile Range…Ruby Range…West Elk Mountains…Sawatch Range…San Juan Mountains…San Miguel Mountains…Rico Mountains…Grand Mesa

*WHEN… The Special Avalanche Advisory goes from Saturday at 4:30 PM till Monday at 5 PM.

*IMPACTS… Easily trigger dangerous avalanches large enough to injure or kill you.

*PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… Travel in backcountry avalanche terrain requires cautious route finding to stay safe. Avoid travel on and under slopes with a slope angle steeper than about 30 degrees. You can find more detailed information at colorado.gov/avalanche

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