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Special Avalanche Advisory

12
Feb

BULLETIN – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL AVALANCHE ADVISORY
COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
729 AM MST FRI FEB 12 2021

THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER.

* WHAT…THE COLORADO AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
SPECIAL AVALANCHE ADVISORY FOR THE MOUNTAINS OF COLORADO.
Avalanche conditions are unusually dangerous.

* WHERE…Medicine Bow Mountains…Never Summer Mountain…Front
Range…Williams Fork Mountains…Ten Mile Range…Gore
Range…Mosquito Range…Sawatch Range…San Juan Mountains…San
Miguel Mountains…Rico Mountains…La Plata Mountains…Needle
Mountains…Grenadier Range…Sangre de Cristo Range

* WHEN…Beginning 7:00 AM Friday February 12. Expires at 8:00 PM
Monday February 15.

* IMPACTS…Backcountry avalanche conditions are unusually
dangerous. You could trigger large and destructive avalanches.
Additional storms will mean rapidly changing conditions.

* REASON…Very weak snowpack and additional snowfall.

* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…Backcountry travelers should
plan to take extra precautions. Use conservative decision making,
cautious route finding and careful terrain evaluation.

Consult www.colorado.gov/avalanche for detailed information.

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