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Weekly avalanche advisory: beware of wind-loaded slopes

WINTER SPORTS -- The Inland Northwest avalanche advisory issued this morning notes moderate to considerable danger for avalanche, especially on the wind-slab areas of the Selkirks and Lookout Pass area.

The heavy snowfall of the past week in the Lookout area has not posed much more than moderate danger except on slopes steeper than 35 degrees and above 5,000 feet, reports the Idaho Panhandle Avalanche Center .

"Exciting stuff happening in North Idaho this past week," said Kevin G. Davis, Avalanche Center hydrologic technician in Sandpoint. "Generally great sliding conditions out there today.  A little trickier to the south of our forecast region with the tremndous snow accumulation.  Be cautious on steep windloaded slopes where stress to layers that formed Tuesday/Wednesday with new snow and wind have not completely settled."



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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