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SPECIAL AVALANCHE BULLETIN

COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER

RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO

610 AM MST FRI MAR 08 2013



THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE

COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER.



THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER IS ISSUING A SPECIAL 

AVALANCHE BULLETIN FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE COLORADO MOUNTAINS. 

THESE AREAS INCLUDE THE PARK RANGE...FLAT TOPS...FRONT 

RANGE...SUMMIT COUNTY...VAIL...ELK AND WEST ELK MOUNTAINS...RUBY 

RANGE...SAWATCH RANGE...MOSQUITO...GRAND MESA...SANGRE DE CRISTO 

RANGE.



THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER IS ISSUING A SPECIAL 

AVALANCHE ADVISORY STATEMENT FOR ALL MOUNTAIN ZONES THIS WEEKEND. 

STORM SNOW AND PERIODS OF WIND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL GENERATE 

DANGEROUS SLABS...WHICH ARE STRESSING THE UNDERLYING SNOWPACK. A 

NUMBER OF CLOSE CALLS THIS PAST WEEK INVOLVING HUMAN TRIGGERED 

AVALANCHES ILLUSTRATE THE CONCERN. MANY OF THESE SLIDES OCCURRED 

WITH FEW SIGNS OF INSTABILITY. DEEP SNOWPACK INSTABILITIES ARE 

DIFFICULT TO DETECT...BUT CAN RESULT IN LARGE AND DANGEROUS 

AVALANCHES IF RELEASED. TOUCHY SNOWPACK CONDITIONS AND ELEVATED 

AVALANCHE DANGER WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. BACKCOUNTRY 

TRAVELERS MUST APPROACH ANY AVALANCHE TERRAIN WITH CAUTION. HUMAN 

TRIGGERED SLIDES REMAIN LIKELY ON MANY STEEP SLOPES.



THIS STATEMENT IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO PERSONS USING THE 

BACKCOUNTRY OUTSIDE DEVELOPED SKI AREA BOUNDARIES. 



FOR ADDITIONAL AVALANCHE INFORMATION...CALL...970-482-0457 IN FORT 

COLLINS...719-520-0020 IN COLORADO SPRINGS...970-668-0600 IN SUMMIT 

COUNTY...719-395-4994 IN BUENA VISTA...970-247-8187 IN DURANGO... 

970-920-1664 IN ASPEN...303-275-5360 IN DENVER. OR VISIT OUR WEB 

PAGE AT COLORADO.GOV/AVALANCHE 



LAZAR

COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER BULLETIN 3-3



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