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SPECIAL AVALANCHE BULLETIN
USFS NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER SEATTLE WA
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
707 PM PDT Wed Apr 26 2023

...THE NORTHWEST AVALANCHE CENTER HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL AVALANCHE 
BULLETIN...

* WHAT...The first significant and extended warm-up of the Spring 
  will lead to dangerous avalanche conditions. Mountain temperatures 
  will stay well above freezing and freezing levels will soar to 
  12,000-14,000' over the next several days. This warm-up will 
  follow several weeks of below normal temperatures and snowy 
  weather. At mid and especially higher elevations, the snowpack has 
  not transitioned to a more typical and uniform snowpack. The 
  likelihood of wet snow avalanches and cornice fall will be 
  elevated over this period. This warm-up will also lead to rapid 
  snow melt at lower elevations, challenging travel conditions, and 
  other non-avalanche hazards. This statement may be extended 
  through Sunday depending on how the weather pattern evolves.    

* WHERE...The Washington Cascades, the Mt Hood area, and the 
  Olympic Mountains.

* WHEN...IN EFFECT FROM WED 18:00 PDT TO SAT 18:00 PDT. 
  
* IMPACTS...Wet snow avalanches will occur over this period. Some of 
  these slides will be very large and destructive. Natural or human 
  triggered wet snow avalanches will include wet loose, wet slab, 
  and glide avalanches as well as cornice fall.  
 
* PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...Backcountry travel 
  considerations include:

-Travel early in the morning during the coolest part of the day. 
-Consider your return route and how conditions may differ on the
 way back to the trailhead. 
-If you see new or recent avalanches, avoid similar slopes. 
-Glide and wet snow avalanches are difficult to predict and may 
occur anytime of day, including well after the "heat" of the day.
-On the higher peaks including the volcanoes, very large avalanches 
can release from higher-elevation terrain and run thousands of feet 
downhill. Be aware of the terrain you are connected to even at lower 
elevations.
-Cornice fall and snow can shed from steep rocks. Limit or avoid 
spending time under these hazards. 
-Creeks, crevasses, and buried rocks/cliff features become more 
hazardous as the snowpack weakens and melts out around them. 
Snowbridges can collapse without warning. Use caution where these 
hazards exist.

Visit www.nwac.us or www.avalanche.org for further information.

Similar avalanche danger may exist at locations outside the 
coverage area of this or any avalanche center.