Avalanche

Mount Jumbo currently poses little danger of avalanche, as long as people stay off the mountain, stated a press release from the City of Missoula, referencing information received from the Western Montana Avalanche Center.

The two men who were killed after being buried by an avalanche on Wednesday afternoon near Lake Dinah have been identified by the Missoula County Coroner in the case, Captain Bill Burt.

Two snowmobilers are confirmed dead after being buried in an avalanche late Wednesday afternoon, according to the Missoula County Sheriff's and Coroner's Office. No names have yet been released.

If you're going to be up in the mountains this winter, you should definitely check this out.

Have you ever come face-to-face with an avalanche?

36-year-old Benjamin Parsons of Kalispell has been identified as the victim of an avalanche that occurred in Glacier National Park on Thursday, January 5.

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...

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

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

A close call Saturday afternoon, as 4 snowmobilers who were buried in an avalanche northeast of Missoula all survived, and were able to ride out on their own, according to Seeley Lake Search and Rescue.

UPDATE - 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 11. Granite County Sheriff Scott Dunkerson confirmed on Tuesday afternoon that the victim in Monday afternoon's back country avalanche in the Altoona Lakes area was identified as Peter Maxwell, 27, of Missoula.

Missoula City Fire and Police Department officials are going door-to-door in the Rattlesnake area letting residents know of further avalanche danger.