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Cornice collapse touched off avalanche that killed Bigfork skier
The Missoulian
KALISPELL - Flathead County authorities have released the name of an experienced backcountry skier who died this week in an avalanche in the Jewel Basin Hiking Area near Bigfork. The body of Mark Albee, 42, of Bigfork, was recovered early Thursday ...
Bigfork man identified as avalanche victimDaily Inter Lake
Backcountry skier killed in Jewel Basin avalancheFlathead Publishing Group
Flathead Crews Search For Missing Skier After AvalancheNBC Montana

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Daily Mail
Snowboarder in avalanche floats to safety
Ninemsn
"I felt like I was riding a mattress down the stairs," she told Backcountry Access. She was picked up uninjured by a snowmobile. Hytner had snowmobiled with others up the face of the mountain in order to snowmobile back down in an informal backcountry ...
Caught on camera: The moment a Colorado snowboarder caught in terrifying ...Daily Mail

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Authorities identify Bigfork skier killed in avalanche; list suffocation as ...
The Missoulian
KALISPELL - Flathead County authorities have released the name of an experienced backcountry skier who died this week in an avalanche in the Jewel Basin Hiking Area near Bigfork. The body of Mark Albee, 42, of Bigfork, was recovered early Thursday ...
Bigfork man identified as avalanche victimDaily Inter Lake
Backcountry skier killed in Jewel Basin avalancheFlathead Publishing Group
Flathead Crews Search For Missing Skier After AvalancheNBC Montana

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Daily Mail
Caught on camera: A Colorado snowboarder caught in terrifying avalanche ...
Daily Mail
Afterward the terrifying experience she was picked up by a snowmobile. Backcountry Access said: 'The avalanche danger for the Vail-Summit zone was considerable that day on all aspects and elevations, with human-triggered avalanches likely.

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This weekend in the Adirondacks
North Country Public Radio
Backcountry routes in the high peaks are generally not considered skiable. Some of the region's snowmobile trails remain open, but expect thin, hard packed icy trails with bare spots and wet areas. Riding conditions are at best fair in Southern ...

Officials: Stay off the slopes
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
For more than a decade Alaska has topped the rankings nationwide for avalanche and snowmobile-related injuries and deaths. The Alaska Department of Public Safety and Alaska Division of Parks are supporting the effort to change this fact with free ...

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Snow brings play opportunities
Bend Bulletin
There may still be some backcountry hazards to watch for, he cautioned — trail users can expect some fallen trees from the storms and possible icy conditions from temperatures thawing during the day and freezing overnight. The area along the Cascade ...

Simon Fraser University News
Project aims to reduce avalanche deaths
Simon Fraser University News
“We also want to better understand the various types of snowmobile riders and who is most at risk for being involved in an avalanche incident.” The SFU researchers are conducting surveys with snowmobile clubs and riders at nine popular backcountry ...

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Skier Lost on Mt. Bachelor Found Safe in Backcountry Shelter
First Tracks
He was directed to the AC/DC Shelter in the Edison Butte Nordic area via two-way radio communication with the area ski patrol. Gorman was found around 8 pm at the shelter, uninjured. He was evacuated from the Nordic area by snowmobile.

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Backcountry skier missing in Jewel Basin avalanche
Flathead Publishing Group
2, for a backcountry skier who was hit by an avalanche in the Jewel Basin Hiking Area on Wednesday afternoon. According to the skier's brother, who called from help from Camp Misery, the two men were on a ridge in the Swan Range between Twin Lakes and ...
Flathead Crews Search For Missing Skier After AvalancheNBC Montana

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Cost of winter rescues mounting in northern Idaho
The Seattle Times
It was then diverted to Wallace to search for a 50-year-old Spokane man whose snowmobile ran out of gas as he returned to his truck because a friend's snowmobile had broken down. The previous Saturday was busier: A 23-year-old snowmobiler suffered a ...
Getting lost can cost – and taxpayers get hitThe Spokesman Review

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Backcountry users step forward to support resource road changes
Cranbrook Daily Townsman
This month, Kootenay East MLA Bill Bennett has met with the East Kootenay Chamber of Mines and Cranbrook Snowmobile Club to explain the project, and both groups are coming around to the idea. The mining group, which promotes mining interests in the ...

'Scary' conditions lurk in backcountry
Summit Daily News
After riding out of the debris field on a snowmobile, friends embraced her — all with the avalanche airbag still inflated. Backcountry Access reiterated the common thread of the incident on their blog. “The avalanche danger for the Vail-Summit zone ...

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Snowmobilers take trip into Kittitas County backcountry
Daily Record-News
The Last Resort includes a grocery store, snowmobile rental shop, restaurant and a motel. When countywide sales and lodging tax revenues dropped near the beginning of this winter, Kittitas County Chamber of Commerce CEO Jim Armstrong said that chamber ...

Skiers, snowmobilers debate over popular spot
Washington Examiner
AP As US Forest Service officials work to revise a plan for managing the Shoshone National Forest, some skiers are calling for a snowmobile ban near Two Oceans Peak on Togwotee Pass. The site is popular among both skiers and snowmobilers, ...
Skiers, snowmobilers debate over access to popular Two Oceans Peak in Shoshone ...The Republic

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Wyoming skiers, snowmobilers debate over one square mile
Casper Star-Tribune Online
Poppert said the Forest Service has been talking with people about the backcountry skiing-snowmobile issue for more than a year. It recently came up at one of the Forest Service's public meetings. Wells said he spoke with Forest Service officials about ...
Skiers, Snowmobilers Debate Over Popular SpotK2 Radio

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Tension between snowmobilers, other winter users, heats up
The Wenatchee World Online
That's back when a snowmobile could barely chug through deep snow off a groomed trail. But those days are gone. Now, Mullins says, he's hard-pressed to find a spot — even deep in the back country — where he won't run into a group of snowmobilers, ...
Snowmobiles: They're lean, they're mean, and they're hitting the wildernessMiddle East North Africa Financial Network

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Snowmobiles: They're lean, they're mean, and they're hitting the wilderness
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
But there are certain places he hikes to for backcountry skiing -- like the Ingalls Pass area -- where he sees snowmobile tracks trespassing into wilderness nearly every time he visits. "They've been running and high-marking slopes.

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Forest Service works to solve problems between snowmobilers, cross-country skiers
Tahoe Daily Tribune
... groups of backcountry users apart, the Forest Service is considering improving signage and education, and designating different parking areas. “We think there's some easy solutions that don't change where you can or cannot snowmobile,” Heck said.

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Colorado snowmobile-noise fines in the offing
Denver Post
By Bruce Finley Jordan Valente of Denver motors across fresh snow one morning this month at Vail PassWinter Recreation Area, a heavily used 55000-acre area around timberline, where federal foresters said they've noticed a marked decrease in snowmobile ...