Full Notification

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. AVALANCHE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE CAIC ASPEN...GRAND MESA... GUNNISON... SAWATCH...NORTH SAN JUAN...SOUTH SAN JUAN... AND SANGRE DE CRISTO FORECAST ZONES.

* TIMING...Beginning 5:00 AM Tuesday December 29. Expires at 8:00 AM Wednesday December 30.

* AFFECTED AREA...Elk Mountains...Hardscrabble Mountains...Grand Mesa...Red Table...Ruby Range...West Elk Mountains...Mosquito Range...Sawatch Range...Rico Mountains...San Miguel Mountains...San Juan Mountains...Dallas Divide...La Garita Mountains...La Plata Mountains...Needle Mountains...Grenadier Range...Sangre de Cristo Range.

* AVALANCHE DANGER...The avalanche danger is HIGH (Level 4 of 5). It will be very easy to trigger avalanches large enough to bury and kill a person through Wednesday morning. Avalanches will run naturally. You can trigger avalanches from the bottom of slopes or from a distance. If you trigger an avalanche it will be large and very dangerous.

* REASON... A large load of new snow overnight fell on a weak snowpack creating very dangerous avalanche conditions.

* AFFECTED AREAS: EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT ... NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ... WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT ... SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ... GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS ... GRAND AND BATTLEMENT MESAS ... WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT ... LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT

Instructions:

is not recommended. Consult www.colorado.gov/avalanche for detailed information. Pritchett