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.

The Idaho side of U.S. Highway 12, which snakes through the mountains into Lolo, Montana will be shut down starting at 8:00 P.M. this evening, Wednesday January 9.

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.

A man called 911 after getting lost hiking in the woods Friday night. Missoula County Search and Rescue Coordinator Jeremiah Peterson said the man was originally thought to be suffering from hypothermia when they initiated the search.

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...

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) — An avalanche south of the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has killed two skiers. The Jackson Hole News and Guide reports (http://bit.ly/1ZNvvta ) that three skiers in the Rock Springs area just outside the resort's south boundary were caught in the avalanche Sunday...

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

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — An avalanche warning is in effect for several mountainous areas in western Montana and western Wyoming. The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center rates the danger of avalanche as "high" in the Bridger Range north of Bozeman, the Gallatin and Madison mountain ranges south of Bozeman, the Lionhead area west of West Yellowstone and the mountains north of Cooke City