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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WARNING
Forest Service Sawtooth Avalanche Center Ketchum ID
Relayed by National Weather Service Pocatello ID
619 AM MST Wed Feb 5 2025

...The Forest Service Sawtooth Avalanche Center in Ketchum has
ISSUED an AVALANCHE WARNING which is in effect until 4 AM MST
Thursday...

* WHAT...Avalanche warning. The avalanche danger is HIGH. Very
  dangerous avalanche conditions exist.

* WHERE....The Salmon River, Sawtooth, Smoky, White Cloud,
  Boulder, Pioneer and Soldier Mountains - including the mountains
  near Banner Summit, Atlanta, Stanley, Smiley Creek, Galena
  Summit, Ketchum, Hailey, Carey, and Fairfield.

* WHEN...Until 4 AM MST Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Days of heavy snowfall and wind transported snow
  overloaded with a very weak snowpack. Human-triggered avalanches
  large enough to bury people are very likely, and natural
  avalanches are possible. Some avalanches will be large enough to
  snap trees and damage structures.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Avoid all steep slopes and flat ground below steep slopes - slopes
steeper than about 30 degrees. Avalanches may be triggered
remotely - from flat terrain above, below, and to the sides of
steep slopes. Natural and human-triggered avalanches may run long
distances and can impact the valley bottom.

Consult www.sawtoothavalanche.com or www.avalanche.org for more
detailed information.

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

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