NOAA has issued an avalanche warning for the Lake Tahoe area. The Sierra Avalanche Center has rated the current avalanche danger as high above tree line in Lake Tahoe and still considerable below the treeline. Be safe out there!
NOAA’s Avalanche Warning for Lake Tahoe, CA:
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED AVALANCHE WARNING U.S. FOREST SERVICE SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RENO NV 624 AM PST SUN FEB 9 2014 THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER. ...AN AVALANCHE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7AM PST MONDAY... THE CURRENT AVALANCHE DANGER IS HIGH. NEAR TREELINE AND ABOVE TREELINE, AVALANCHE DANGER IS HIGH ON NW- N-NE-E-SE ASPECTS ON SLOPES 32 DEGREES AND STEEPER. FOR ALL OTHER AREAS, AVALANCHE DANGER IS CONSIDERABLE ON SLOPES 32 DEGREES AND STEEPER. WIND SLAB, STORM SLAB, AND DEEP PERSISTENT SLAB AVALANCHES ARE ALL POSSIBLE TODAY. THIS WARNING WAS POSTED AT 620 AM SUNDAY AND COVERS THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS BETWEEN YUBA PASS ON THE NORTH AND EBBETTS PASS ON THE SOUTH. 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 WATCH DESCRIBES GENERAL AVALANCHE CONDITIONS AND LOCAL VARIATIONS ALWAYS OCCUR. HIGH AVALANCHE DANGER INDICATES THAT VERY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS EXIST...NATURAL AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY AND HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE VERY LIKELY. TRAVEL IN OR BELOW AVALANCHE TERRAIN IS NOT RECOMMENDED. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION GO TO WWW.SIERRAAVALANCHECENTER.ORG OR CALL THE AVALANCHE HOTLINE AT 530 587 3558.
