Avalanche Warning until 05:45PM Thursday
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. ...AVALANCHE WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH UNTIL THURSDAY 5 PM...
*WHAT...Heavy snow and strong winds are resulting in very dangerous avalanche conditions and a HIGH (Level 4 of 5) avalanche danger
*WHERE...San Juan Mountains including areas south of Red Mountain Pass, the La Plata Mountains, and areas around Wolf Creek Pass, including the South San Juan Wilderness
*WHEN...Through Thursday 5 PM
*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 Wednesday. Avoid travel on and under slopes steeper than about 30 degrees. You can find more detailed information at colorado.gov/avalanche
* AFFECTED AREAS: NORTHWESTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ... SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ... 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