No one was injured or buried when a splitboarder triggered an avalanche that pulled him over rocky terrain in the Front Range over the weekend. But ahead of a winter storm that is forecast

The Colorado Avalanche Information Center is warning of possibly dangerous avalanche conditions with heavy snow expected to fall in the mountains and increased recreation over Thanksgiving week.

With more than half of Colorado’s ski areas forecast to receive more than 20 inches of snowfall over the next five days, and the West Elk mountains near Crested Butte anticipated to receive more than three feet,