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Backcountry Avalanche Warning At Lake Tahoe

RENO, Nev. (AP) —  The National Weather Service has issued a backcountry avalanche warning for most of the central Sierra, including the Lake Tahoe area.

 

The warning went into effect Thursday morning and runs through 7 a.m. Friday.

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More than a foot of snow has fallen at Tahoe-area ski resorts and as much as 30 inches at the top of Mammoth Mountain about 120 miles south of the lake.

 

The service in Reno says that the forecast for heavy snow into the weekend combined with high winds may result in widespread avalanches.

 

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The Nevada Department of Transportation briefly closed part of the Mount Rose Highway connecting Reno to Lake Tahoe Thursday morning for avalanche control operations. Officials say they planned to shoot 30 sticks of dynamite into the mountainside with a remote-controlled air cannon to trigger small avalanches.

 

NDOT spokeswoman Meg Ragonese says they may have to do additional