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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE BULLETIN

FOREST SERVICE EASTERN SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER

RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

516 PM PST FRIDAY FEB 28 2014



THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE FOREST 

SERVICE EASTERN SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER.



...AN AVALANCHE BULLETIN IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM SATURDAY...



THE CURRENT AVALANCHE DANGER IS HIGH.



THIS BULLETIN WAS POSTED FRIDAY AT 430 PM AND COVERS THE EASTERN   

SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS FROM SONORA PASS SOUTH TO BISHOP. THIS 

WARNING APPLIES ONLY TO BACKCOUNTRY AREAS OUTSIDE OF ESTABLISHED  

SKI AREA BOUNDARIES. THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PROVIDED 

BY THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE, WHICH IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS 

CONTENT. THIS WARNING DESCRIBES GENERAL AVALANCHE CONDITIONS AND 

LOCAL VARIATIONS ALWAYS OCCUR.



HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS HAVE CREATED A HIGH AVALANCHE DANGER. 

DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS EXIST ON NORTH THROUGH EAST ASPECTS 

FROM 8,000 FEET TO THE ALPINE ZONE. HUMAN TRIGGERED SLAB AVALANCHES 

ARE VERY LIKELY. LARGE TO VERY LARGE NATURALLY OCCURRING WIND SLAB 

AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY. BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELERS SHOULD AVOID SLOPES 

STEEPER THAN 30 DEGREES AND AVOID AVALANCHE RUNOUT ZONES.



FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GO TO WWW.ESAVALANCHE.ORG.



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SNYDER