The bottom line:

April 26th, 2010 at 07:39 AM

We have stopped issuing daily avalanche advisories until the fall of 2010. The avalanche danger can and will change quickly during this spring. Continue to monitor changing conditions and use caution when traveling in the backcountry. For general spring avalanche information read the full spring avalanche statement.

Click here to read the full advisory ...

Annoucements and News:

The 2010 SAC Annual Report is now available at this link: http://www.sierraavalanchecenter.org/SAC-annual-reports.

Avalanches will continue to occur this spring, but it is time to close the avalanche center. Thanks to everyone who reads and uses this site. A special thanks to all of the individuals and companies who support SAC financially and to those of you who sent in your own snowpack and avalanche observations. You all make this service possible, and your contributions have helped make this our best season ever.

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The largest number of snowpack, weather, and avalanche observations come from the blue areas. They are the highest confidence areas for the advisory.
Fewer snowpack, weather, and avalanche observations come from the beige areas than the blue areas.
The avalanche advisory is based mostly on data and observations collected in the blue and beige zones. The advisory is inferred to the remaining pink areas where information is very limited.
The avalanche advisory for the Sonora Pass area is available through the Eastern Sierra Avalanche Center at www.esavalanche.org.

Mouse over the shaded regions on the map for more information about the data collected in that region.