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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
600 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2026
AKZ702>704-725>727-181500-
ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE / EAGLE RIVER-EAST TURNAGAIN ARM-PORTAGE-
SOUTHERN KENAI MTNS-INTERIOR KENAI PENINSULA-TURNAGAIN PASS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE, UPPER EAGLE RIVER,
INDIAN, GIRDWOOD, PORTAGE, SEWARD, MOOSE PASS, SUMMIT LAKE, HOPE,
AND TURNAGAIN PASS
600 AM AKST SAT JAN 17 2026
..SPECIAL AVALANCHE STATEMENT
THE CHUGACH NF AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER IN GIRDWOOD HAS
ISSUED A SPECIAL AVALANCHE STATEMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
SOUTH FORK EAGLE RIVER, CHUGACH STATE PARK, GIRDWOOD, PORTAGE,
TURNAGAIN PASS, MOOSE PASS, SUMMIT LAKE, AND SEWARD FROM 6 AM
SATURDAY, JAN 17 TO 6 AM SUNDAY, JAN 18.
* WHAT...VERY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE
BACKCOUNTRY. AVALANCHE DANGER IS HIGH AT AND ABOVE TREELINE.
* WHERE...FOR THE WESTERN CHUGACH AND KENAI MOUNTAINS IN AND
AROUND ANCHORAGE, GIRDWOOD, PORTAGE, TURNAGAIN PASS, SUMMIT
LAKE, MOOSE PASS, LOST LAKE, AND SEWARD.
* WHEN...IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY 6:00 AM TO SUNDAY 6:00 AM AKST.
* IMPACTS...VERY LARGE HUMAN-TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY.
DESPITE QUIET WEATHER, THE SNOWPACK REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE.
PEOPLE CAN EASILY TRIGGER VERY LARGE AVALANCHES. IT IS LIKELY
AVALANCHES MAY BE TRIGGERED REMOTELY FROM FLAT TERRAIN BELOW
STEEPER SLOPES.
* PRECAUTIONARY / PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF DECIDING TO RECREATE
IN THE BACKCOUNTRY, CHOOSE TERRAIN THAT IS FLAT OR LESS THAN 30
DEGREES IN STEEPNESS, WITH NOTHING STEEPER ABOVE YOU. TRAVEL IS
AVALANCHE TERRAIN IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
SIMILAR AVALANCHE DANGER MAY EXIST AT LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE
COVERAGE AREA OF THIS OR ANY AVALANCHE CENTER.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.CHUGACHAVALANCHE.ORG.
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