After recent dangerous avalanches in Montana, experts issue backcountry warning
Montana avalanche experts urging caution as more snow falls
and last updated 2021-02-16 13:10:01-05
BILLINGS- Avalanche experts are issuing caution after two snow slides near Cooke City triggered by snowmobilers over the weekend.
He says, they were small slides, but big enough to tumble a rider off their machine.
âItâs an important reminder, that bigger avalanches are still possible,â said Zinn.
No one was injured.
But the slides have Zinn and other avalanche experts asking outdoor enthusiasts to remain vigilant and cautious as weather conditions are set to change in Montana.
UPDATE: 12:34 p.m.
BOZEMAN, Mont. - The Gallatin County Sheriff s Office has identified the man killed in Sunday s avalanche in Beehive Basin.
According to a release from GCSO, 45-year-old Craig Kitto, of Bozeman, died of injuries from the avalanche. Kitto was the principal at Whittier Elementary School in Bozeman.
UPDATE: Feb. 15, 9:23 a.m.
BIG SKY - One of the splitboarders who was injured in the avalanche Sunday near Big Sky has reportedly died later that evening.
According to a Facebook post from Friends of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, two people were splitboarding in the Beehive Basin when they triggered an avalanche one became critically injured and died Sunday night.Â
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