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Large, Destructive Wet Slab Avalanche Triggered by Throwing a Snowball in Smoky Mountains, ID

Things are a bit touchy in Idaho right now.ย  On Sunday, March, 17, an avalanche forecaster triggered a destructive wet slab avalanche near Dollarhide Summit in the Smoky Mountains of Idahoย by throwing a snowball at a slope. It ran 1,400′ to the valley below.ย A forecaster discussion on the Sawtooth Avalanche Center’s website shared information about the current wet slab avalanche […]

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AvyBrains | March 18, 2024
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VIDEO: Tourists Get a Little TOO Close to a Bear in Smoky Mountain National Park, TN

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The NPS recommends stayingย at leastย 100-yards from a wild bear when you’re out in the wilderness. And even then, you’d better be able to run quickly if you need to! Witnessed this the other day while visiting the Smoky Mountains. Insane! Seems these morons didn’t get the message. It’s almost like they want to be mauled. Following which the bear wouldย probablyย be […]

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Missing Teenager Survives 11 Days Alone In Tennessee Wilderness

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August 11th, 2017— 18 year-old Austin Bohanan was searching for Ginseng, a medicinal root, with his stepfather in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park when he found himself separated and lost. ย  According to the Knoxville News Sentinel,ย Austin scaled a ridge and attempted to call his mother soon after, with no luck, and wound up sleeping there for his first […]

Spencer Miller | August 24, 2017
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