The skies are deep blue and the pure white powder snow is sparkling. This week's fresh snow is adding a fluffy layer over snow from earlier in the month -- and it's adding danger.

The post included images of the slope near Beaver Creek where the center said a skier caused an avalanche that triggered a second. A statewide map maintained by the agency ranks the risk of avalanches in many areas as “considerable,” the third-most severe category.

The CAIC warns of considerable avalanche risks in Colorado's mountains over the holiday weekend, following a recent skier-triggered slide.

Colorado is firmly in avalanche season and a skier near Beaver Creek triggered a big one on Wednesday, according to the Colorado Avalanche Information Center.

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.

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