Colorado maintains an Avalanche Information Center to ensure the safety of anyone who travels in the Colorado winter backcountry. If you don’t know how to read the avalanche report, you don’t belong in the backcountry! It’s that important to your life. There are avalanche awareness courses taught at REI stores and elsewhere that can teach you how to read the avalanche report and provide the basic information you need to make informed decisions in the backcountry.
https://avalanche.state.co.us/