Snowmass Village, Colorado. Snowmass Village is a Home Rule Municipality in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The population was 2,826 at the 2010 census. A popular winter resort location for skiing and snowboarding, the town is well known as the location of the Snowmass ski area, the largest of the four nearby ski areas operated collectively as Aspen/Snowmass. In 2010 the accidental discovery by a bulldozer operator of fossilized elements of a Pleistocene ecosystem in the ice age lake bed at the Ziegler Reservoir pu
â¢ If you can hear thunder, you are within 10 miles (16 kilometers) of a stormâand can be struck by lightning. Seek shelter and avoid situations in which you may be vulnerable. â¢ Use the 30-30 rule, when visibility is good and there is nothing obstructing your view of the thunderstorm.
Although some victims are struck directly by the main lightning stroke, many victims are struck as the current moves in and along the ground. â¢ If you can hear thunder, you are within 10 miles (16 kilometers) of a stormâand can be struck by lightning. Seek shelter and avoid situations in which you may be vulnerable. â¢ Use the 30-30 rule, when visibility is good and there is nothing obstructing your view of the thunderstorm. When you see lightning, count the time until you hear thunder. If that time is 30 seconds or less, the thunderstorm is within six miles (ten kilometers) of you and is dangerous. Seek shelter immediately. The threat of lightning continues for a much longer period than most people realize. Wait at least 30 minutes after the last clap of thunder before leaving shelter.