..AVALANCHE WARNING IN EFFECT 5 PM TUESDAY UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY... 
*WHAT...Heavy snow and strong winds will result in very dangerous avalanche conditions and a HIGH (Level 4 of 5) avalanche danger. The avalanche danger is EXTREME (Level 5 of 5) in the southern San Juan Mountains
*WHERE...San Juan Mountains and Sangre de Cristo Range
*WHEN...Expect very dangerous avalanche conditions to develop on Tuesday evening and last through Thursday
*IMPACTS...Large, dangerous, and destructive avalanches will be
very easy to trigger in many places. Avalanches will run naturally.
Avalanches will run long distances into valley bottoms.
Instructions:
*PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...Travel in backcountry avalanche terrain is not recommended during the Warning period. Avoid travel on and under slopes steeper than about 30 degrees. You can find
more detailed information at colorado.gov/avalanche. Follow SJCOEM Nixle for updates. Avoid travel on CR110 and CR2.
Address/Location
San Juan County OEM
1557 Greene St
Silverton, CO 81433
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 970-387-5531
TEXT-A-TIP - Text TIP SILVERTON followed by your message, to 888777
Alert Details
- Severity:
- Moderate - Possible threat to life or property
- Urgency:
- Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
- Certainty:
- Likely (p > ~50%)
- Category:
- Meteorological (inc. flood)
- Event:
- NWS Rebroadcast