Avalanche Warning until 09:30PM Tuesday
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. ...AVALANCHE WARNING IN EFFECT 5 AM TUESDAY UNTIL 11 PM TUESDAY...
*WHAT...Heavy snow and strong winds will result in very dangerous avalanche conditions and a HIGH (Level 4 of 5) avalanche danger on Tuesday
*WHERE...South San Juan Mountains including the La Plata Mountains, Rico Mountains, Needle Mountains, areas around Wolf Creek Pass, and the South San Juan Wilderness
*WHEN... Expect very dangerous avalanche conditions to develop on Tuesday and last through the evening.
*IMPACTS...Large and dangerous avalanches will be very easy to trigger in many places. Avalanches will run naturally.
*PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Travel in backcountry avalanche terrain is not recommended on Tuesday. Avoid travel on and under slopes steeper than about 30 degrees. You can find more detailed information at colorado.gov/avalanche
* AFFECTED AREAS: SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ... UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT ... EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT
Address/Location
Town of Center, CO
294 S Worth St
Center, CO 81125
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 719-754-3497
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP TOWNOFCENTER followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Unknown - Severity unknown
- Urgency:
- Unknown - Urgency not known
- Certainty:
- Unknown
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- Avalanche Warning