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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

SPECIAL AVALANCHE ADVISORY

COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER

RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO

926 AM MST MON FEB 19 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 COLORADO'S BACKCOUNTRY INCLUDING 

THE STEAMBOAT AND FLAT TOPS ZONE...THE FRONT RANGE ZONE...THE VAIL 

AND COUNTY ZONE...THE SAWATCH ZONE...AND THE NORTH SAN JUAN ZONE



* TIMING...IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MONDAY 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...MOSQUITO RANGE...AND THE SAWATCH RANGE 



* 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 AFTERNOON

  

CONSULT WWW.COLORADO.GOV/AVALANCHE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION



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