Western Montana Avalanche Center

Missoula received a record one-day snowfall from Sunday into Monday, and aside from commuters maneuvering through foot high snowdrifts, there is real danger for back country hikers and skiers to a vastly increased avalanche danger.

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...