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Request Signs and Brochures

The CAIC creates avalanche safety resources for public use throughout the state. The signs and brochures below are free to organizations and groups. We work with local partners to install signage seasonally at trailheads across Colorado, at motorized, non-motorized, skiing, hiking and climbing access points identified by local land managers, and at huts.

What We Can Send You

Avalanche awareness poster: the danger scale, signs of instability, warning factors and ways to reduce risk, laid out for a trailhead noticeboard.
Avalanche awareness poster 48×48 or 24×36 inches. View full size.
Hut poster reading "What terrain are you avoiding today?" above the CAIC forecast address.
Hut poster For huts and cabins. View full size.
Front of the CAIC avalanche safety brochure, covering the danger scale and how to check the forecast.
Avalanche safety brochure A short handout covering the basics. See the back.
A CAIC avalanche safety sign mounted on a post at a snow-covered trailhead near Leadville.
Trailhead sign Installed with local land managers.
A beacon checker sign at a backcountry access point, with a skier passing it.
Beacon checker sign Design file only — see below.

Request Copies

To receive brochures, posters or signs, fill in the signage request form. For anything it does not cover, contact the CAIC.

Avalanche safety signage request form (opens in a new tab)

Beacon Checker Signs

Beacon checker signs give backcountry travelers a check at trailheads and access gates, reminding them to confirm their transceiver is switched on and transmitting before they enter avalanche terrain. They also encourage carrying one in the first place.

The CAIC cannot provide these signs free of charge, but will provide the design file. The beacon checker itself has to be manufactured. There are two types, one powered by Backcountry Access electronics and one by Ortovox.