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RobinB
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by RobinB » April 24th, 2014, 2:24 pm
Backcountry users in Oregon and Washington are being advised to avoid the western slopes of the Cascades Mountains range. The Northwest Avalanche Center in Seattle has issued an avalanche warning between Mt. Hood and Mt. Rainier. But the danger zone might extend even farther than that.
Garth Ferber is an avalanche meteorologist at the Northwest Avalanche Center. He says over the last few days, Mt. Hood has received between 2 to 5 feet of snow in the higher elevations.
“That’s a lot of snow at any time of year. And that’s especially a lot of snow at this time of year considering that the sun is getting higher and higher and stronger and stronger,” says Ferber.
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