{"id":375490,"date":"2025-12-27T03:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/375490\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T03:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T03:17:12","slug":"with-winter-storm-comes-increased-avalanche-danger-this-weekend-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/375490\/","title":{"rendered":"With winter storm comes increased avalanche danger this weekend in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER \u2013 With the winter storm system rolling through Colorado and expected to bring several inches of snow to the High Country, officials are warning of an increased avalanche danger this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center (CAIC), the \u201cmost dangerous\u201d area of concern is on The Park Range. \u201cBe careful on slopes where you find more than 8&#8243; of new or wind-drifted snow. Avoid steep slopes where you see cracking or collapsing,\u201d <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/COAvalancheInfo\/status\/2004721741437043111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">wrote CAIC on social media.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denver7.com\/weather\/up-to-3-inches-snow-possible-in-denver-as-city-activates-cold-weather-shelters\" class=\"ListItem \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"ListItem-category\">Denver7 | Weather<\/p>\n<p>    Up to 3 inches snow possible in Denver as city activates cold weather shelters<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The CAIC also said the avalanche danger rises to a MOD level (2 of 5) in the western Central Mountains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can trigger a Wind Slab avalanche where you find 6 or more inches of freshly drifted snow,\u201d wrote the CAIC. \u201cSnowfall finally returns, favoring Wolf Creek and Cumbres Pass. New snow and wind increase avalanche danger. Watch out for thin slabs on slick crusts above treeline. Danger continues to rise through Sunday\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can check the latest avalanche information, including forecasts and maps, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/avalanche.state.co.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">at this link.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Coloradans making a difference | Denver7 featured videos<\/p>\n<p class=\"cms-textAlign-left\">Denver7 is committed to making a difference in our community by standing up for what&#8217;s right, listening, lending a helping hand and following through on promises. See that work in action, in the videos above. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER \u2013 With the winter storm system rolling through Colorado and expected to bring several inches of snow&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375491,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5116],"tags":[193,48787,6185,192,144,5701,4931,5277,48788,5,4,48789,48790,48791],"class_list":{"0":"post-375490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-colorado-avalanche","8":"tag-avalanche","9":"tag-avalanche-danger-colorado","10":"tag-caic","11":"tag-colorado","12":"tag-colorado-avalanche","13":"tag-colorado-avalanche-information-center","14":"tag-colorado-news","15":"tag-coloradoavalanche","16":"tag-high-county-colorado","17":"tag-hockey","18":"tag-nhl","19":"tag-park-range-colorado","20":"tag-where-is-avalanche-danger-this-weekend","21":"tag-winter-storm-colorado"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115789368140705770","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}