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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SPECIAL AVALANCHE ADVISORY

COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER

RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO

910 AM MST SUN FEB 18 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 PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN 

MOUNTAINS



* TIMING...IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO 9 AM TUESDAY MORNING.



* AFFECTED AREA...NORTHERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, SAN MIGUEL MOUNTAINS, 

  RICO MOUNTAINS, UNCOMPAHGRE PLATEAU, DALLAS DIVIDE, LA GARITA 

  MOUNTAINS, PARK RANGE, ELK HEAD MOUNTAINS, RABBIT EARS PASS, FLAT 

  TOP MOUNTAINS, MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS, NEVER SUMMER MOUNTAINS, 

  FRONT RANGE, INDIAN PEAKS, PIKES PEAK, WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS, 

  TEN MILE RANGE, GORE RANGE, ELK MOUNTAINS NEAR VAIL. 



* REASON...THE SNOWPACK IS VERY WEAK AND THE RISK OF AN AVALANCHE 

  ACCIDENT REMAINS HIGH THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND...AVALANCHES LARGE 

  ENOUGH TO BURY OR KILL A PERSON ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL 

  DAYS. 



* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...AVOID TRAVEL ON OR BELOW 

  SLOPES STEEPER THAN ABOUT 30 DEGREES...DO NOT TRAVEL ALONE IN THE 

  BACKCOUNTRY AND CARRY APPROPRIATE BACKCOUNTRY RESCUE 

  GEAR...CONDITIONS COULD CHANGE QUICKLY AS A WINTER STORM ARRIVES 

  MONDAY MORNING

  

CONSULT WWW.COLORADO.GOV/AVALANCHE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION



Barlow



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