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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE BULLETIN

FOREST SERVICE EASTERN SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER

RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV

358 PM PST SATURDAY MAR 1 2014



THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE FOREST 

SERVICE EASTERN SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER.



...AN AVALANCHE BULLETIN IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM SUNDAY...



THE CURRENT AVALANCHE DANGER IS HIGH.



THIS BULLETIN WAS POSTED SATURDAY AT 358 PM AND COVERS THE EASTERN   

SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS FROM SONORA PASS SOUTH TO BISHOP. THIS 

BULLETIN 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 BULLETIN DESCRIBES GENERAL AVALANCHE CONDITIONS AND 

LOCAL VARIATIONS ALWAYS OCCUR.



HEAVY SNOW YESTERDAY AND STRONG WINDS THROUGH THIS MORNING HAVE 

CARRIED MORE SNOW OVER RIDGES ONTO LEEWARD SLOPES. THIS CONTINUES TO 

BRING HIGH AVALANCHE DANGER FOR NORTH THROUGH EAST ASPECTS NEAR AND 

ABOVE THE TREELINE. HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE VERY LIKELY. 

NATURALLY OCCURRING AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY IN STEEP UPPER ELEVATION 

TERRAIN WHERE LOADING RATES WERE HIGHEST. BACKCOUNTRY TRAVELERS 

SHOULD AVOID WIND LOADED SLOPES STEEPER THAN 30 DEGREES AND AVOID 

AVALANCHE RUNOUT ZONES.



FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GO TO WWW.ESAVALANCHE.ORG.



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