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SNOW AVALANCHE BULLETIN

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

800 AM PST SUN DEC 23 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 MONDAY DECEMBER 24.



THIS ADVISORY WAS POSTED ON DECEMBER 23...2012 AT 700 AM AND COVERS 

THE CENTRAL SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS FROM YUBA PASS TO THE NORTH AND 

MONO COUNTY TO THE SOUTH. 



FOR YUBA PASS THROUGH EBBETTS PASS...AVALANCHE DANGER IS HIGH AT ALL 

ELEVATIONS ON NORTHWEST...NORTH...NORTHEAST...EAST..AND SOUTHEAST 

ASPECTS STEEPER THAN 33 DEGREES DUE TO WIND SLABS AND HEAVY SNOW 

LOADS ON AN ALREADY WEAK SNOW PACK. 



SOUTH OF EBBETTS PASS THROUGH MONO COUNTY...AVALANCHE DANGER IS HIGH 

WITH LARGE HUMAN AND NATURAL AVALANCHES LIKELY DUE TO WIND SLABS AND 

HEAVY SNOW LOADS ON A WEAKENED SNOW PACK. AVOID TERRAIN STEEPER THAN 

30 DEGREES. 



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.



THIS ADVISORY APPLIES TO BACKCOUNTRY AREAS OUTSIDE OF DEVELOPED SKI 

AREAS ONLY. THE INFORMATION IN THIS ADVISORY IS FROM THE U.S. FOREST 

SERVICE AND EASTERN SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER, WHICH ARE SOLELY 

RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS CONTENT. THIS ADVISORY DESCRIBES GENERAL 

AVALANCHE CONDITIONS AND LOCAL VARIATIONS ALWAYS OCCUR.



FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET GO TO

    WWW.SIERRAAVALANCHECENTER.ORG



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