Avalanche

More details were released by the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center about the Tuesday avalanche that claimed the life of a Big Sky man.

A skier killed in an avalanche this week in the northern Madison Range has been identified.

An avalanche occurred in the Bridger Mountains late this morning, according to a release from the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office.

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A snowmobiler died in an avalanche near Cooke City over the weekend.

Mark Staples of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center returns to the scene in Beehive Peak, north of Big Sky, where a human-triggered avalanche took the life of a local Bozeman man over the weekend. Find out the full story in this video released by the GNFAC.

Did you know that Montana State has a snow and avalanche lab? They do and it's headed by Jordy Hendrikx. They're addressing the HUMAN factor in avalanches. What is the decision making process that people use before heading into dangerous terrain?

Check out this video that someone by the name of Mike Salmon just posted. In a recent snowmobiling trip near Afton, Wyoming, one of the riders gets caught in an avalanche slide as he attempts a backcountry hill climb. Luckily, his group is able to spot his sled in the aftermath and rush to the scene. He was completely buried up to his head and appears to be alright. Very lucky!

A backcountry avalanche warning has been issued for the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center’s entire advisory area. Natural avalanche activity is likely on all slopes following heavy snowfall and strong winds that created widespread instability, according to the GNFAC...

Sure, the snow that has bombarded the US has been bad this winter, but it's not as brutal as what these people in Italy have had to endure.

Freeskier Sverre Liliequist was knocking down an insane run at a competition for Swatch when an avalanche broke out. No prob for Sverre though. He skis out of it and, why not, he puts a back flip on top of it. We don't have a ton of info, but the video is below...

Proof that avalanches happen.  In this video snowmobilers and a skier are out playing in the snow.  One of the snowmobiles starts a small avalanche that catches the skier.  Luckily he had friends with him to get him out, but it shows how buried you can get.  Learn avalanche safety if you are one to play in the snow.