Companion rescue
The survival of a skier or rider buried by an avalanche depends on companions digging them out quickly—techniques like strategic ...
The survival of a skier or rider buried by an avalanche depends on companions digging them out quickly—techniques like strategic ...
Dig and communicate By Eric Knoff EBS Contributor Snow ties the backcountry community together, and sometimes it ties us to ...
GNFAC forecaster Alex Marienthal examines the aftermath of an avalanche where slope angle and terrain combined to produce a large ...
By Amanda Eggert EBS Associate Editor BIG SKY – A 55-year-old male died in an avalanche north of Henderson Mountain outside ...
By Joseph T. O’Connor EBS Managing Editor BIG SKY – A Yellowstone Club ski patroller was recently killed in a ...
A look at late season snow conditions Story and photos by Eric Knoff Explore Big Sky Contributor Spring skiing can ...
Five Montana fatalities since Jan. 1 By Tyler Allen Explore Big Sky Associate Editor An 18-year-old man from Lake Lillian, ...
Lessons learned from Beehive Basin incident By Emily Wolfe Explore Big Sky Managing Editor Walk around in the mountains in ...
By Eric Knoff Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center A bitter cold snap hit the Northern Rockies in early December, turning ...
The Onion Basin avalanche By Emily Wolfe Explore Big Sky Managing Editor BIG SKY – When it snowed in late ...
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