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SNOW AVALANCHE BULLETIN

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

800 AM PST FRI NOV 30 2012



THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE IN TRUCKEE CALIFORNIA HAS ISSUED AN 

AVALANCHE ADVISORY.



THE CURRENT AVALANCHE DANGER IS HIGH.



THIS STATEMENT WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM DECEMBER 1.



THIS ADVISORY WAS POSTED ON NOVEMBER 30...2012 AT 700 AM AND COVERS 

THE CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS BETWEEN YUBA PASS ON THE NORTH 

AND EBBETTS ON THE SOUTH. THIS ADVISORY APPLIES TO BACKCOUNTRY AREAS 

OUTSIDE OF DEVELOPED SKI AREAS ONLY. THE INFORMATION IN THIS 

ADVISORY IS FROM THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE, WHICH IS SOLELY 

RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CONTENT. THIS ADVISORY DESCRIBES GENERAL 

AVALANCHE CONDITIONS AND LOCAL VARIATIONS ALWAYS OCCUR.



AVALANCHE DANGER IS HIGH NEAR AND ABOVE THE TREELINE ON NORTHWEST... 

NORTH...NORTHEAST...AND EAST ASPECTS STEEPER THAN 35 DEGREES. BELOW 

TREELINE THE DANGER IS CONSIDERABLE. LARGE NATURAL AND HUMAN 

TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY. BACKCOUNTRY TRAVEL IN OR AROUND 

AVALANCHE TERRAIN IS NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY.



HIGH AVALANCHE HAZARD INDICATES THAT UNSTABLE SNOW EXISTS IN THE

BACKCOUNTRY. AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY ON A VARIETY OF ASPECTS AND SLOPE

ANGLES. SAFEST TRAVEL IS ON WINDWARD RIDGES OF LOWER ANGLE SLOPES

WITHOUT STEEPER TERRAIN ABOVE. TRAVEL IN AVALANCHE TERRAIN IS NOT 

RECOMMENDED.



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