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SPECIAL AVALANCHE BULLETIN

COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER

RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO

814 AM MST THU NOV 28 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 ADVISORY FOR THE NORTHERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS.



AVALANCHE CONDITIONS ARE DANGEROUS IN THE NORTHERN SAN JUAN 

MOUNTAINS. HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY ON MANY STEEP 

SLOPES. RECENT AVALANCHES HAVE BEEN LARGE ENOUGH TO BURY A PERSON OR 

BREAK TREES. MOST OF THE RECENT AVALANCHES HAVE OCCURRED ON SLOPES 

NEAR AND ABOVE TREE LINE THAT FACE WEST THROUGH NORTH THROUGH EAST. 

BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELERS CAN TRIGGER AVALANCHES FROM A DISTANCE...FROM 

BELOW...OR THE MIDDLE OF A SLOPE. AVALANCHES CAN PROPAGATE WIDELY 

ACROSS SEVERAL TERRAIN FEATURES. THIS MAKE THE PROBLEM CHALLENGING 

TO PREDICT AND REQUIRES A WIDE SAFETY BUFFER. SAFE  

TRAVEL WILL REQUIRE CAUTIOUS ROUTE FINDING AND CONSERVATIVE DECISION 

MAKING.



THIS STATEMENT IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TO PERSONS USING THE 

BACKCOUNTRY OUTSIDE DEVELOPED SKI AREA BOUNDARIES. 



FOR ADDITIONAL AVALANCHE INFORMATION...CALL...303-275-5360 IN 

DENVER...970-668-0600 IN SUMMIT COUNTY...970-247-8187 IN DURANGO... 

970-920-1664 IN ASPEN.... OR VISIT OUR WEB PAGE AT 

COLORADO.GOV/AVALANCHE 



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