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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
725 PM PST SUN NOV 24 2013

NVZ019-260330-
SPRING MOUNTAINS-
725 PM PST SUN NOV 24 2013
...HIGH AVALANCHE THREAT REMAINS ON MT CHARLESTON...
DUE TO NEARLY TWO FEET OF WET HEAVY SNOW FALLING ON MT CHARLESTON AROUND
9000 FEET IN ELEVATION FROM THURSDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FALLING
OVER A LAYER OF SNOW THAT HAS THAWED DUE TO REFREEZING...AN UNSTABLE
SNOW LAYER EXISTS IN AND AROUND THE AREA NEAR THE LAS VEGAS SKI AND
SNOWBOARD RESORT ON MT CHARLESTON AS WELL AS IN OTHER HIGH CANYONS
ON MT CHARLESTON ESPECIALLY THOSE ON NORTH FACING SLOPES. THEREFORE
THE THREAT OF AN AVALANCHE IN AND AROUND THE LAS VEGAS SKI AND
SNOWBOARD RESORT AS WELL AS IN OTHER HIGH CANYON AREAS ON MT
CHARLESTON IS HIGH AND WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE
OF THIS WEEK.
PEOPLE PLANNING TO VENTURE INTO LEE CANYON AS WELL AS OTHER HIGH
CANYON AREAS ON MT CHARLESTON SHOULD AVOID AREAS SUCH AS BACKTRAILS
AND AREAS BELOW AVALANCHE TERRAIN. NEVADA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS CLOSED
THE ROAD TO THE LAS VEGAS SKI AND SNOWBOARD RESORT AND THE UPPER
BRISTLECONE PINE TRAIL HAS BEEN CLOSED DUE TO THE RISK OF AN AVALANCHE.
PLEASE ABIDE BY ANY CLOSURES ISSUED BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
RECREATIONAL AUTHORITIES IF YOU ARE ON MT CHARLESTON.
ANY UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION WILL BE PASSED ALONG BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN LAS VEGAS THROUGH ADDITIONAL SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENTS AS WELL AS THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES.
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