The recent heavy spring snowstorms have not only in much of Colorado. The storms have also led to an increase in avalanche danger.
According to the the nearly 10 plus inches of new snow that鈥檚 fallen in the last 24 hours combined with strong westerly windsm are contributing to higher rankings.
We've embedded the current and always updating avalanche conditions map below.
The 11 deaths due to avalanches. That includes the five off Loveland Pass this weekend.
This year鈥檚 count is up from the 7 deaths by avalanches .
The late in the season snow storms may have surprised many of us. But, meteorologist Kyle Fredin says it鈥檚 not terribly unusual to see this kind of winter weather in April.
鈥淭his is pretty normal, if you look back over 142 years, this is what we like to see. I think we鈥檙e a little thrown off, because the last 3-10 years have been kind of dry, we鈥檝e been in kind of an extensive drought. But this is good to see,鈥� says Fredin.
The short term forecast shows warmer weather is once again moving in. But Fredin says if we get another quick cold snap we could see flurries into early May.
