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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK
919 PM AKST TUE JAN 6 2026
AKZ702-081500-
ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE / EAGLE RIVER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ANCHORAGE HILLSIDE, UPPER EAGLE RIVER,
AND INDIAN
919 PM AKST TUE JAN 6 2026
...THE CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST AVALANCHE INFORMATION CENTER IN
GIRDWOOD HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL AVALANCHE STATEMENT...
* WHAT...DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS EXIST IN THE BACKCOUNTRY.
HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY.
* WHERE...FOR SOUTHWESTERN CHUGACH STATE PARK FROM SOUTH FORK OF
EAGLE RIVER TO INDIAN CREEK INCLUDING UPPER RABBIT CREEK, GLEN
ALPS RECREATION AREA, AND THE BACKCOUNTRY TERRAIN NEAR ARCTIC
VALLEY. THIS BULLETIN DOES NOT APPLY TO OPERATING SKI AREAS.
* WHEN...IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY 6:00 AM TO THURSDAY 6:00 AM AKST.
* IMPACTS... LARGE HUMAN-TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY. DESPITE
THE CALMER WEATHER, THE SNOWPACK IS VERY UNSTABLE AND DANGEROUS
AVALANCHES CAN BE EASILY TRIGGERED BY PEOPLE. 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. CAUTIOUS
ROUTE-FINDING AND CONSERVATIVE DECISION-MAKING SKILLS WILL BE
NECESSARY TO IDENTIFY AND AVOID SLOPES THAT COULD AVALANCHE.
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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