Avalanche

With over a dozen deaths attributed to avalanches this winter, KGVO News spoke with Steve Karkanen, Director of the Western Montana Avalanche Center about the current alert level in the Missoula area. "We've had 14 people die in avalanches just in the month of January alone," Karkanen said...

In January alone, there have already been 11 avalanche fatalities across the West.

This is one of nine avalanche fatalities reported by the American Avalanche Association over the last eight days in the western U.S.

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.

High avalanche warnings have been issued across west-central Montana including the southern Missions, southern Swans, and central Bitterroot.

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

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

Back Country experts are warning skiers and snowmobilers that avalanche danger in west central Montana is very high at this time.

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...