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Weather Alerts for Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains

Issued by the National Weather Service

Avalanche Advisory  AVALANCHE ADVISORY   Avalanche Advisory
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS
Areas Affected:
Grand and Battlement Mesas - Gore and Elk Mountains/Central Mountain Valleys - Northwestern San Juan Mountains - Southwest San Juan Mountains - South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boulder/Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties Above 9000 Feet - Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft
Effective: Fri, 1/23 4:50pm Updated: Sun, 1/25 3:03pm Urgency: Unknown
Expires: Sun, 1/25 5:00pm Severity: Unknown Certainty: Unknown
 
Details: 
SABCO

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER.

...SPECIAL AVALANCHE ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM SUNDAY...

*WHAT...A winter storm will dramatically change avalanche
conditions, making it easy for backcountry travelers to trigger
dangerous avalanches this weekend. Avalanche conditions this weekend
will be more dangerous over more of Colorado than previous weekends.

*WHERE...Portions of the Front Range, Summit County, the Gore
Range and Vail area, Elk Mountains, Grand Mesa, Monarch, most
of the San Juan Mountains, and the Sangre de Cristo Range.

*WHEN...Through Sunday evening

*IMPACTS...Backcountry travelers can easily trigger large
avalanches in the mentioned areas. Some avalanches may be triggered
remotely.

*PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Consider these abnormal
conditions in your travel plans and choose a route that avoids
snow-covered avalanche terrain. You can find more detailed
information at colorado.gov/avalanche