BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WARNING

THE BRIDGER TETON AVALANCHE CENTER IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS: JACKSON
HOLE, SALT RIVER AND WYOMING RANGES, STAR VALLEY, TETON AND GROS
VENTRE RANGES.
TIMING…UNTIL 5 PM THURSDAY.
AFFECTED AREA…JACKSON HOLE, THE TETON RANGE, GROS VENTRE
RANGE, SALT RIVER RANGE, WYOMING RANGE AND STAR VALLEY.
AVALANCHE DANGER…DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS HAVE DEVELOPED
AT ALL ELEVATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA. LARGE AVALANCHES HAVE
OCCURRED IN AND NEAR URBAN AREAS AND ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE
BACKCOUNTRY.
REASON/IMPACTS…AN AVALANCHE HAS IMPACTED THE HIGHWAY SOUTH OF
JACKSON. AVALANCHE DEBRIS HAS BLOCKED THE FLOW OF FLAT CREEK AND
IS CAUSING FLOODING CONDITIONS IN JACKSON. NATURAL AVALANCHE
ACTIVITY IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WARNING AREA AND COULD IMPACT
ROADWAYS IN THE RIVER CANYONS, BENEATH BUTTES AND STEEP
HILLSIDES. LARGE NATURAL AVALANCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN ACTIVE
AVALANCHE PATHS AND ON STEEP SLOPES THAT MAY NOT NORMALLY SLIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY / PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…DANGEROUS AVALANCHE
CONDITIONS EXIST AT ALL ELEVATIONS. AVALANCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON
STEEP HILLSIDES, ROAD CUTS AND BANKS. STAY OFF OF AND OUT FROM
STEEP TERRAIN FEATURES. CONSULT HTTP://JHAVALANCHE.ORG/ OR
WWW.AVALANCHE.ORG FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

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