Monday, November 8, 2021 at 5:12 PM Issued by: Mike Cooperstein
The CAIC has issued a new backcountry avalanche forecast for the mountainous areas of Colorado for Sunday November 9, 2021.
Northern Mountains Low (Level 1 of 5) Generally safe avalanche conditions. Watch for unstable snow on isolated terrain features.
Central Mountains Low (Level 1 of 5) Generally safe avalanche conditions. Watch for unstable snow on isolated terrain features.
Southern Mountains Low (Level 1 of 5) Generally safe avalanche conditions. Watch for unstable snow on isolated terrain features.
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A skier triggered and was caught and carried in this avalanche on Loveland Pass in an area locally known as the Kitchen Wall on Friday Oct. 29, 2021. The other two avalanches ran sympathetically. The snowpack is touchy especially in steep areas below ridgelines and in steep confined gullies where winds have deposited deeper snow over weak early season snow on the ground. The most likely spots for you to tiger one of these avalanches are steep northerly and easterly-facing slopes near and above treeline. Avoid these types of areas to stay safe this weekend. (full)
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A small soft slab avalanche on a northwest-facing slope near treeline. The debris pile is circled in red and the red arrow is the approximate location of the crown. Despite shallow overall snow depths, if there is enough snow to slide on then it's deep enough to produce an avalanche. South San Juan. October 27, 2021. (full)
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Small avalanche triggered by a skier walking on the ridge. Loveland Pass 10/25/21 (full)
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East-facing terrain above treeline south of the road summit on Independence Pass on October 17, 2021. (full)
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Fourth of July Bowl and north-facing terrain on the west side of Independence Pass on October 17, 2021. (full)
| Report | Date | # | Elevation | Aspect | Type | Trigger | SizeR | SizeD |
| View | Tue Jan 18 | - | >TL | NE | HS | AK / r | R4 | D2.5 |
| View | Tue Jan 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
See All Avalanche Observations
| Report | Date | Observer | Snowpack Obs | Avalanches | Media |
| View | Fri Jan 21 | Nick Sheehan | No | No | No |
| View | Fri Jan 21 | Dylan Craaybeek | No | No | Yes (4) |
| View | Thu Jan 20 | Ben Pritchett | No | No | Yes (2) |
| View | Thu Jan 20 | Jason Konigsberg | No | No | Yes (2) |
| View | Thu Jan 20 | Ryan Zarter | No | Yes (1) | Yes (1) |
| View | Thu Jan 20 | Amy Pertuz | Yes (1) | No | Yes (2) |
| View | Thu Jan 20 | Sheamus Croke | No | No | No |
| View | Thu Jan 20 | Josh Jones | No | No | Yes (1) |
| View | Thu Jan 20 | Ben Pritchett | No | No | No |
| View | Thu Jan 20 | Jeremy Yanko | No | No | Yes (3) |
| Station | Date | Time | Temperature | Relative Humidity | Wind Speed | Wind Direction | Max Gust | 24 Hr Snow |
| Steamboat Lake State Park | Fri Jan 21 | 6:00 PM | 24 | 83 | 9 | 3 | 19 | 5.9 |
| Bottle Peak | Fri Jan 21 | 6:00 PM | 13 | 94 | 13 | 89 | 14 | - |
| Berthoud Pass | Fri Jan 21 | 6:00 PM | 10 | 91 | 10 | 135 | 23 | 3.5 |
| Kendall Mt | Fri Jan 21 | 6:00 PM | 11 | 91 | 3 | 98 | 11 | - |
| Loveland Pass | Fri Jan 21 | 6:00 PM | 10 | 92 | 10 | 41 | 24 | - |
| Molas Pass | Fri Jan 21 | 6:00 PM | 19 | 90 | 2 | 227 | 6 | 0.9 |
| Putney | Fri Jan 21 | 6:00 PM | 14 | 92 | 6 | 158 | 13 | - |
| Swamp Angel | Fri Jan 21 | 6:00 PM | 14 | 90 | 1 | 253 | 6 | - |
| Vail Pass - Cdot Yard | Fri Jan 21 | 6:00 PM | 17 | 91 | 1 | 171 | 3 | 0.3 |
| Wolf Creek Pass | Fri Jan 21 | 6:00 PM | 15 | 70 | 7 | 69 | 11 | - |
| Storm Peak Observatory | Fri Jan 21 | 6:05 PM | 13 | 100 | 21 | 68 | 31 | - |
| Taylor Park | Fri Jan 21 | 5:57 PM | 18 | 82 | 7 | 149 | 12 | - |