Full Notification

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER. AVALANCHE WARNING FOR THE CAIC STEAMBOAT AND FLAT TOPS, FRONT RANGE, VAIL AND SUMMIT COUNTY, ASPEN, GUNNISON, AND SAWATCH ZONES

* TIMING...Beginning 5:00 AM Saturday December 14. Expires at 8:00 AM Sunday December 15.

* AFFECTED AREA... Park Range, Flat Top Mountains, Medicine Bow Mountains, Never Summer Mountains, Front Range, Williams Fork Mountains, Ten Mile Range, Gore Range, Vail, Elk Mountains, Basalt, Red table, Hardscrabble, Ruby Range, West Elk Mountains, Mosquito Range, and Sawatch Range

* AVALANCHE DANGER...The avalanche danger is HIGH (Level 4 of 5). Avalanches large enough to bury and kill a person are likely today. You can trigger avalanches from the bottom of slopes or from a distance. If you trigger an avalanche it will break deep in the snowpack and will be large and very dangerous.

* REASON... Intense snowfall and strong winds will result in very dangerous avalanche conditions.

* AFFECTED AREAS: EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT ... WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT ... SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET ... WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ... PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT ... FLAT TOPS ... WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET ... WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT ... ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS ... GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS ... SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET

Instructions:

is not recommended. Consult www.colorado.gov/avalanche for detailed information. Cooperstein