Heavy snowfall and increased recreation around the holidays has prompted Colorado Avalanche Information Center to issue an avalanche warning for this weekend.

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We’ll see natural avalanche activity this weekend, and people will be able to trigger avalanches large enough to seriously injure or kill them through the middle of next week,” Greene said.