Alertes en vigueur West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet

AVABOUTHE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THECOLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER....AVALANCHE WATCH IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY 5 PM THROUGHWEDNESDAY 5 PM...*WHAT...Heavy snow and strong winds will result in verydangerous avalanche conditions and HIGH (Level 4 of 5)avalanche danger by late Tuesday afternoon.*WHERE...Park Range, Flat Tops, Gore Range, Indian Peaks,Sawatch Range, Elk Mountains, western San Juan Mountains,southern San Juan Mountains*WHEN...Avalanche danger increases rapidly on Tuesday afternoon.Very dangerous avalanche conditions Tuesday night throughWednesday.*IMPACTS...Large and dangerous avalanches will be very easyto trigger in many places. Avalanches will run naturally.*PRECAUTION/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...Travel in backcountryavalanche terrain is not recommended in the mentioned areasbeginnging late Tuesday afternoon. Avoid travel on and underslopes steeper than about 30 degrees. You can find moredetailed information at colorado.gov/avalanche