Page 4 - Bitterroot Mountains News Today

FRONTIER INSTITUTE: If we choose to mine and build again, Montana’s days as the nation’s Treasure State are far from over.

FRONTIER INSTITUTE: If we choose to mine and build again, Montana’s days as the nation’s Treasure State are far from over.

The feds' preferred plan involves introducing three to seven bears a year until a "nonessential experimental" population of 25 bears is achieved.

Grizzly stewardship

Hamilton homes with at least five bedrooms.

Browse Hamilton homes over 4,000 square feet in size.

Hamilton homes with at least five bedrooms.

Avalanche danger generally rises when storms deliver significant snowfall to the mountains. The problems are manifold: Fresh powder can take a few days to bond to older snow it accumulates on, leading to storm-slab avalanches; light, unconsolidated dry powder can slough down steep slopes; and the weight of new snow can overload weak layers lower in the snowpack, leading to large avalanches of both new and old snow.

Avalanche danger generally rises when storms deliver significant snowfall to the mountains. The problems are manifold: Fresh powder can take a few days to bond to older snow it accumulates on, leading to storm-slab avalanches; light, unconsolidated dry powder can slough down steep slopes; and the weight of new snow can overload weak layers lower in the snowpack, leading to large avalanches of both new and old snow.

Avalanche danger generally rises when storms deliver significant snowfall to the mountains. The problems are manifold: Fresh powder can take a few days to bond to older snow it accumulates on, leading to storm-slab avalanches; light, unconsolidated dry powder can slough down steep slopes; and the weight of new snow can overload weak layers lower in the snowpack, leading to large avalanches of both new and old snow.