BROUGHT TO YOU BY
OBSERVATIONS
WANTED
THE CAIC SEEKS INFORMATION LEADING TO THE CREATION OF
mORE ACCURATE AVALANCHE FORECASTS
HAVE YOU SEEN?
Triggered Avalanches
Recent Avalanches
Cracking
Wind Transport
Weak Layers
Melting/Freezing
✭✭REWARD✭✭
FREE SPLITBOARD OR SKIS OF YOUR CHOICE FROM WESTON BACKCOUNTRY
Submit an observation
- Use the same name/email on each ob
- You can choose to remain anonymous and hide your exact location (don't worry about giving away your stash!)
- Any observation counts! Weather, snow pits, general conditions, recent avalanche activity, etc
- Only one observation per trip will be counted
-Submit as many as you can during the season, the more you submit, the more chances to win
What you can win!
Anyone who submits an observation fitting the criteria between 10/1/24 and 4/31/25 will have a chance to win a Ski, Snowboard or Splitboard of your choice from Weston Backcountry.
The CAIC issues daily avalanche forecasts for 27,656 square miles of mountainous terrain in Colorado. They do this with only 21 forecasting staff!
Public observations provide key information to forecasters when researching and writing the avalanche forecasts that backcountry users of all types depend on across the state. Your observations matter! It might be that you saw signs of avalanche activity, or just noting that the wind was blowing hard on a ridge but the conditions were great on the way down.
These observations add up, giving the CAIC thousands of extra eyes on the ground across the state.
