Backcountry skiers and snowboarders should be aware of avalanche danger, as Colorado's winter snowpack continues to be slide prone.
As 2014 closes out, Ethan Davis, a forecaster for the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, said the snowpack is pretty normal.
"I would call this a fairly typical Colorado snowpack in the sense that we have at least one and in many locations two or more weak layers of snow within the snowpack that are causing avalanches," said Davis.
Currently, most of the central Colorado mountains and the area around the I-70 corridor are listed at moderate avalanche danger. Parts of the northern mountains near Steamboat Springs and parts of the south San Juans have considerable avalanche danger.
Davis said a winter storm is expected to bring more chances for natural avalanches to the southern San Juan Mountains over the weekend.
