WOUS45 KMSO 191336
AVWMSO
MTC053-089-200130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Backcountry Avalanche Warning
Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center Sandpoint ID
Relayed by National Weather Service Missoula MT
736 AM MDT Tue Mar 19 2024

The following message is transmitted at the request of Idaho Panhandle
Avalanche Center Sandpoint ID.

...AVALANCHE WARNING ISSUED BY THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AVALANCHE CENTER...

06:30 PDT Mon Mar 18 2024
The Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center in Sandpoint has issued a BACKCOUNTRY
AVALANCHE WARNING for the following areas: 

NWS Missoula MT - 
MT 053 (Lincoln County)...MTC 089 (Sanders County)

NWS Spokane WA - 
ID 017 (Bonner County)...ID 021 (Boundary County)

* WHAT...The avalanche danger for the warning area will remain HIGH today
due to warm temperatures and sunshine that will weaken the snowpack causing
natural and human triggered avalanches to become very likely. Loose surface
snow will slide easily with potential to trigger deeper weak layers in the
snowpack, creating large and destructive avalanches in steep terrain.

* WHERE...Steep and open terrain in mountainous areas of the Selkirk Range
of Northern Idaho, Cabinet Mountains and Purcell Range of Northwest Montana.

* WHEN...In effect from Mon 06:30 PDT to Tue 18:30 PDT.

* IMPACTS...Natural avalanches will become likely and human triggered
avalanches will become very likely. Avoid riding or traveling in steep and
mountainous terrain.

* PRECAUTIONARY / PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...Very dangerous avalanche
conditions. Travel in avalanche terrain is not recommended. Avalanches may
run long distances and can run into mature forests, valley floors, or flat
terrain.

Consult http://www.idahopanhandleavalanche.org/ or www.avalanche.org for
more detailed information.

Similar avalanche danger may exist at locations outside the coverage area of
this or any avalanche center.

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