####018001375#### WWUS85 KREV 221609 SABREV NVZ002-CAZ072-231630- SNOW AVALANCHE BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 800 AM PST SAT DEC 22 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 800 AM SUNDAY DECEMBER 1. THIS ADVISORY WAS POSTED ON DECEMBER 22...2012 AT 700 AM AND COVERS THE CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS BETWEEN YUBA PASS ON THE NORTH AND EBBETTS PASS 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 AT ALL ELEVATIONS ON NORTHWEST... NORTH...NORTHEAST...EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASPECTS STEEPER THAN 33 DEGREES DUE TO NEW SNOW LOADING AN ALREADY WEAK SNOW PACK. LARGE DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL AND HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES WILL BE WIDESPREAD TODAY. HIGH AVALANCHE DANGER INDICATES THAT VERY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS EXIST...AND BACKCOUNTRY TRAVEL IN OR BELOW AVALANCHE TERRAIN IS NOT RECOMMENDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET GO TO WWW.SIERRAAVALANCHECENTER.ORG $$