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Annual Avalanche Report Shows Colorado and Montana Have the Highest Rates of Avalanche Fatalities

Natural avalanche slide on Crowne Butte

The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center’s (GNFAC) annual avalanche report was recently released. It shows Colorado to have the highest number of avalanche fatalities over the last ten years (64). Montana was ranked 2nd with 33—still six higher than the national average of 27. Montana is an increasingly popular place to ski and snowboard in the United States. As GNFAC […]

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Ryan Kime | August 23, 2022
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Is Artificial Intelligence The Future of Avalanche Forecasting?

Artificial Intelligence skiing

Considered by some observers as more of an art than a science, avalanche forecasting involves a unique combination of human observation, analysis, and interpretation. Perhaps even some good luck.  Even the best forecasters only reach about 75% accuracy in their predictions.  After all, they are human too and susceptible to bias and imperfection just like the rest of us. One […]

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Ryan Kime | June 22, 2022
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VIDEO REPORT: Avalanche Takes Skier for 200′ Ride & Fully Buries Her for 20 Mins in Washington on Sunday

We reported on this avalanche yesterday but we had very few details.  This avalanche occurred on Sunday, just outside of Steven’s Pass ski resort in Washington. Today, we have a 2 minute video with the Northwest Avalanche Center (NWAC) fully explaining what happened in this avalanche. The person caught in the avalanche was buried with their head 2 feet below […]

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AvyBrains | December 8, 2015
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Skier-Triggered Avalanche in Lake Tahoe, CA Today:

First skier descended slope without incident (ski track mostly covered by debris, but visible in middle left of photo). Second skier did a hard ski cut really pushing with his legs and triggered the avalanche (skier visible at crown in photo). The debris ran over our skin track. We did go one at a time though that area but it seemed solid. We were heading to the looker’s left area shot Eback, but did not like the layers and dropped over to this area, I did a hasty pit and it seemed okay, clearly it was not. […]

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