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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
AVALANCHE BULLETIN
U.S. FOREST SERVICE SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV
725 AM PDT SAT MAR 29 2014
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE U.S.
FOREST SERVICE SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER.
...AN AVALANCHE BULLETIN IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SIERRA FROM YUBA
PASS TO EBBETTS PASS...
THE CURRENT AVALANCHE DANGER IS CONSIDERABLE.
AVALANCHE DANGER WILL INCREASE TO CONSIDERABLE TODAY AND
EVENTUALLY TO HIGH DANGER LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING NEAR AND
ABOVE TREELINE ON NW-N-NE-E-SE ASPECTS ON SLOPES 35 DEGREES AND
STEEPER. FOR ALL OTHER AREAS AVALANCHE DANGER IS MODERATE ON
SLOPES 35 DEGREES AND STEEPER.
THIS BULLETIN WAS POSTED AT 612 AM SATURDAY AND COVERS THE SIERRA
NEVADA MOUNTAINS BETWEEN YUBA PASS ON THE NORTH AND EBBETTS PASS
ON THE SOUTH. THIS WARNING APPLIES ONLY TO BACKCOUNTRY AREAS
OUTSIDE OF ESTABLISHED SKI AREA BOUNDARIES. THE INFORMATION IN
THIS STATEMENT IS PROVIDED BY THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE...WHICH IS
SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CONTENT. THIS WATCH DESCRIBES GENERAL
AVALANCHE CONDITIONS AND LOCAL VARIATIONS ALWAYS OCCUR.
CONSIDERABLE AVALANCHE DANGER INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS AVALANCHE
CONDITIONS EXIST. CAREFUL SNOWPACK EVALUATION...CAUTIOUS ROUTE
FINDING AND CONSERVATIVE DECISION MAKING ARE ESSENTIAL. NATURAL
AVALANCHES ARE POSSIBLE AND HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE
LIKELY. SAFE BACKCOUNTRY TRAVEL REQUIRES TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE.
FATAL AVALANCHE ACCIDENTS ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR WHEN THE
AVALANCHE DANGER IS CONSIDERABLE.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GO TO WWW.SIERRAAVALANCHECENTER.ORG OR
CALL THE AVALANCHE HOTLINE AT 530 587 3558.
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