Watch the Avy Danger out there!

[Gmiller]

Its high and Extreme in alot of areas. Going to get worse by the weekend, hills are fun, be safe and keep your avy gear ON! Just a warning to non-locals visiting us on the site!

Grant

 

[SnowBigDeal]

You beat me to it!

Check out the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
http://avalanche.state.co.us/index.php

San Juans are under EXTREME avalanche Danger and other areas are under HIGH.
EXTREME = Avalanches are Certain
HIGH = Avalanches are Likely

Be careful out there!

 

[Gmiller]

You beat me to it!

Check out the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.
http://avalanche.state.co.us/index.php

San Juans are under EXTREME avalanche Danger and other areas are under HIGH.
EXTREME = Avalanches are Certain
HIGH = Avalanches are Likely

Be careful out there!

Thanks for posting the site!

 

[tudizzle]

I got beacon...got shovel/probe...got ABS.....

but I am still going to rely on my most valuable tool....my brain.

Ride smart this weekend!

 

[CatWoman]

I got beacon...got shovel/probe...got ABS.....

but I am still going to rely on my most valuable tool....my brain.

Ride smart this weekend!

Good thread......and yes, your brain is the MOST valuable tool of all.

 

[corpeleven]

I am still going to rely on my most valuable tool....my brain.

Unfortunately this is what most people don't understand.

 

[500 CID]

Avalanche Warning in Effect through 01/22/2010 6:00 PM

Southwest flow with abundant moisture will generate heavy snow for the San Juan Mountains starting Thursday afternoon and lasting through Friday. Snowfall will favor south aspects including all areas of the San Juans south of Red Mountain Pass. Total accumulations could exceed 3 feet in the most favored locations. In addition, southerly winds with increase Thursday afternoon and wind gusts could exceed 50 mph Thursday night creating extensive blowing and drifting snow. Natural and human triggered slides will become likely Thursday afternoon. Areas of extreme avalanche danger are possible by Friday with widespread avalanches a near certainty if snow develops as forecast. Backcountry travelers must stay away from all avalanche terrain during this potentially dangerous storm cycle.

This is just ONE of the affected areas. I don't want to be reading about any fellow slowesters getting caught in avy's. Ride smart this weekend everyone!!!

 

[Qreiff]

ttt

 

[bushy]

Yep! Saw a few.

 

[skibreeze]

Didn't see a single slide on the hills. There were several small ones that went right across the trail! Dizzle had to remind me that there was one on a hill. lol

 

[tudizzle]

Didn't see a single slide on the hills. There were several small ones that went right across the trail!

We were sitting there when one went off...you stopped and took a pic?

fractures lined the the way in..but the big mountains that we avoided off in the distance never showed any signs of activity...yet