Wednesday, March 16, 2016

SPECIAL AVALANCHE ADVISORY-TETON...SNAKE RIVER...SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY

SPECIAL AVALANCHE ADVISORY
BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RIVERTON WY
623 AM MDT WED MAR 16 2016
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE
BRIDGER-TETON NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE CENTER.
THIS SPECIAL AVALANCHE ADVISORY IS FOR...TETON...SNAKE
RIVER...SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES UNTIL 7 AM THURSDAY.
DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE BACKCOUNTRY. FOR
THIS REASON A SPECIAL AVALANCHE BULLETIN HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE
TETON...SNAKE RIVER...SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES IN WESTERN
WYOMING. LARGE TO VERY LARGE AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY TO BE HUMAN
TRIGGERED TODAY IN STEEP AVALANCHE PRONE TERRAIN ABOVE AN
ELEVATION OF 7500 FEET. EXPERT TERRAIN ANALYSIS...RESTRAINT AMD
CONSERVATIVE DECISIONS WITH RESPECT TO TERRAIN SELECTION ARE
ESSENTIAL FOR SAFE TRAVEL IN THE BACKCOUNTRY TODAY. AT THE LOWER
ELEVATIONS IT IS PRUDENT TO AVOID THE RUN OUT ZONES OF OVERHANGING
AVALANCHE PATHS. FOR MORE INFORMATION...VISITJHAVALANCHE.ORG.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.JHAVALANCHE.ORG.

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