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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SPECIAL AVALANCHE ADVISORY

COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER

RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO

402 PM MST TUE JAN 09 2018



THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE

COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER.



THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL 

AVALANCHE ADVISORY FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS.



* TIMING...IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM TUESDAY 1/9/2018 UNTIL 5 PM ON 

  WEDNESDAY 1/10/2018



* AFFECTED AREA...SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...San MIGUEL MOUNTAINS...RICO 

  MOUNTAINS...AND THE UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU



* REASON...DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP IN THE NORTH 

  AND SOUTH SAN JUAN ZONES. THIS IS THE FIRST REAL WINTER STORM AND 

  THE FIRST BIG TEST FOR AN EXTREMELY WEAK SNOWPACK.



* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...LARGE HUMAN TRIGGERED 

  AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY AND NATURAL AVALANCHES ARE POSSIBLE. AVOID 

  TRAVELING ON OR BELOW STEEP SLOPES AND GULLIES THAT HARBOR A 

  DEEPER OLD SNOWPACK. CAUTIOUS ROUT-FINDING AND CONSERVATIVE 

  DECISION-MAKING ARE ESSENTIAL IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL IN THE 

  MOUNTAINS ON WEDNESDAY



CONSULT WWW.COLORADO.GOV/AVALANCHE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION



COOPERSTEIN



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