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Town of Center, CO
Wednesday March 13th, 2024 :: 04:43 p.m. MDT

Alert

Avalanche Warning until 04:45PM Friday

AVWBOU THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. ...AVALANCHE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM WEDNESDAY UNTIL 5 PM FRIDAY...

*WHAT... Avalanche conditions are very dangerous. The Avalanche Danger is HIGH (Level 4 of 5)

*WHERE... Medicine Bow Mountains, Never Summer Mountains, the Front Range including Rocky Mountain National Park and Indian/James Peaks, Pikes Peak, Sawatch Range and Sangre de Cristo Range.

*WHEN... In effect from 5 PM Wednesday, March 13 until 5 PM Friday, March 15

*IMPACTS... Heavy snow and strong winds have created dangerous avalanche conditions in the backcountry. Large and dangerous avalanches will be very easy to trigger. Avalanches will run naturally.

*PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Travel in backcountry avalanche terrain is not recommended.Avoid travel on and under slopes steeper than about 30 degrees. You can find more detailed information at colorado.gov/avalanche

* AFFECTED AREAS: WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET ... SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET ... EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT ... NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT ... NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT ... SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT ... SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT ... PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT

Address/Location
Town of Center, CO
294 S Worth St
Center, CO 81125

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 719-754-3497

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Alert Details

Severity:
Unknown - Severity unknown
Urgency:
Unknown - Urgency not known
Certainty:
Unknown
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Avalanche Warning

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