Avalanche Advisory issued May 6 at 6:54PM MDT by NWS Denver CO

SABCO

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

…SPECIAL AVALANCHE ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4:30 PM TUESDAY UNTIL
4:30 PM THURSDAY…

* WHAT…DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS DEVELOP AS A SPRING STORM
BRINGS HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH STRONG WIND. AVALANCHE CONDITIONS
REMAIN DANGEROUS AFTER THE STORM AS THE FIRST SUN ON THE STORM
SNOW CAUSES WET AVALANCHES.

* WHERE…FRONT RANGE, PIKES PEAK, AND SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE.

* WHEN…EXPECT DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS TO BEGIN TUESDAY
EVENING AND LAST UNTIL SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS…DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS DEVELOP WITH HEAVY
SNOWFALL. LARGE AND DANGEROUS AVALANCHES WILL BE EASY TO TRIGGER.
DRY AVALANCHE CONCERNS QUICKLY EVOLVE INTO WET AVALANCHE CONCERNS
AFTER THE STORM.

* PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…TRAVEL IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN
REQUIRES CAUTIOUS ROUTE FINDING TO STAY SAFE. AVOID TRAVEL ON AND
UNDER SLOPES STEEPER THAN ABOUT 30 DEGREES. YOU CAN FIND MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION AT COLORADO.GOV/AVALANCHE