Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center Releases Winter 21/22 Summary The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center (GNFAC) just released its winter 21/22 end-of-season summary. A low snow year with snowpack between 70-80% of normal saw 29 avalanche incidents with nine people caught and four people killed. The most avalanches reported in a single day were eight on February 6th. The previous winter saw 53 incidents and one fatality. Related: Avalanche Airbags: […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 14, 2022 0 Comments
Increased Education Efforts Meant There Were No Avalanche Fatalities in Cooke City Area, MT for 3rd Consecutive Year For a third consecutive winter season there were no avalanche fatalities in the Cooke City area, maybe in large part due to the extra efforts of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center and Montana State Parks to educate snowmobilers, skiers and snowboarders in the region about avalanche danger, reports the Sun Times. You might also like: ‘Utah Avalanche Center’ and ‘Know […] Avalanche AvyBrains | April 26, 2019 1 Comment
Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, MT Winter Summary Claims 2017/18 was One of the Biggest of all Time Friends of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center claim that the winter of 2017-18 was one of the biggest of all time, and for the mountains around Cooke City, it was the biggest! The GNFAC published their winter season summary yesterday recapping the highlights of this exceptional winter. Below are the highlights (full document can be read here): Sept: Winter’s […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 20, 2018 0 Comments
Snowmobiler Dies in Avalanche in Southern Montana An avalanche took the life of a snowmobiler on Tuesday in the southern Madison range in southwestern Montana, reports the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center. The avalanche struck in the Mail Cabin Creek area on the western portion of Sage Peak. The group of 6 snowmobilers from Minnesota were aware of the unstable conditions at the time of the accident […] Avalanche Steven Agar | January 4, 2018 0 Comments
Sunlight Basin: Snowmobiler Triggers Avalanche, No Injuries Last weekend, a tragedy was narrowly averted when a snowmobiler was caught and partially buried in an avalanche. The rider caught in the slide had been filming his friend, who triggered the slide, at the time. The incident took place in Sunlight Basin in the southern Madison Range. This human triggered avalanche left behind no injuries. The slope has […] Avalanche Robin Azer | February 16, 2017 0 Comments
Avalanche
Industry News
