(KRON) Avalanche danger across the Sierra Nevada is extremely high this weekend. The U.S. Forest Service issued the warning below.

THE U.S. FOREST SERVICE SIERRA AVALANCHE CENTER HAS ISSUED A

BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE WARNING.

* TIMING…IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM FRIDAY TO 7 AM SATURDAY

* AFFECTED AREA…FOR THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS BETWEEN YUBA

PASS ON THE NORTH AND EBBETTS PASS ON THE SOUTH. THIS INCLUDES

THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN.

* AVALANCHE DANGER…THE AVALANCHE DANGER IS CONSIDERABLE.

* REASON…ON SLOPES STEEPER THAN 30 DEGREES, CONSIDERABLE

AVALANCHE DANGER EXISTS ON NORTHWEST, NORTH, NORTHEAST, EAST

AND SOUTHEAST ASPECTS AT ALL ELEVATIONS DUE TO A COMBINATION OF

WIND SLABS AND PERSISTENT SLABS. LARGE HUMAN TRIGGERED

AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY AND NATURAL AVALANCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

UNUSUAL AVALANCHE CONDITIONS EXIST. AVALANCHES ON STEEPER SLOPES

COULD BE REMOTELY TRIGGERED BY A PERSON STANDING IN LOWER ANGLE

TERRAIN OR MAY BE TRIGGERED IN PLACES TRADITIONALLY CONSIDERED

SAFE. CAREFUL SNOWPACK EVALUATION, CAUTIOUS ROUTE FINDING AND

CONSERVATIVE DECISION MAKING ARE ESSENTIAL.

PRECAUTIONARY / PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

HIGH AVALANCHE DANGER INDICATES THAT VERY DANGEROUS AVALANCHE

CONDITIONS EXIST…NATURAL AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY AND HUMAN

TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE VERY LIKELY. TRAVEL IN OR BELOW

AVALANCHE TERRAIN IS NOT RECOMMENDED.

CONSIDERABLE AVALANCHE DANGER INDICATES THAT VERY DANGEROUS

AVALANCHE CONDITIONS EXIST…NATURAL AVALANCHES ARE POSSIBLE AND

HUMAN TRIGGERED AVALANCHES ARE LIKELY. CAREFUL SNOWPACK

EVALUATION…CAUTIOUS ROUTE-FINDING AND CONSERVATIVE ROUTE-FINDING

ARE ESSENTIAL.