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COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) — As Wesley Mlaskoch motored his snowmobile across a mountain in the Montana backcountry, the slope above him collapsed into a thick slab and began rushing down the hillside.

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“I remember when I first started coming here I was cocky, like ‘It’s not going to happen to me,’” said Wesley Mlaskoch, whose snowmobile flipped on top of him.

As Wesley Mlaskoch motored his snowmobile across a mountain in the Montana backcountry, the slope above him collapsed into a thick slab and began rushing down t

COOKE CITY, Montana (AP) — As Wesley Mlaskoch motored his snowmobile across a mountain in the Montana backcountry, the slope above him collapsed into a thick slab and began rushing down the hillside. He had triggered an avalanche. Within seconds, the fury of accelerating snow flipped the snowmobile on top of him, threatening to bury […]

The day after a Minnesota man survived an avalanche while snowmobiling in Montanas backcountry, government forecasters posted details of the near-tragedy as yet another cautionary tale. Avalanche safety specialists say

As Wesley Mlaskoch motored his snowmobile across a mountain in the Montana backcountry, the slope above him collapsed into a thick slab and began rushing down the hillside.

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