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"This weak layer looks deceptively benign — small, obviously rounding facets that are only a half step softer than the slab above and that didn't propagate in our tests. I even commented to that effect prior to the slide. It is anything but benign."
"This weak layer looks deceptively benign — small, obviously rounding facets that are only a half step softer than the slab above and that didn't propagate in our tests. I even commented to that effect prior to the slide. It is anything but benign."
An answer crackled back over the radio: The large avalanche had crashed down the slope the lower party just skied, but they were out of the way. It was a close call, but everyone in both parties was accounted for and safe. Ski patrol called off the potentially dangerous and resource-intensive rescue. It wouldn't have happened like that a year before.
An answer crackled back over the radio: The large avalanche had crashed down the slope the lower party just skied, but they were out of the way. It was a close call, but everyone in both parties was accounted for and safe. Ski patrol called off the potentially dangerous and resource-intensive rescue. It wouldn't have happened like that a year before.
Avalanche danger remained elevated in western Montana Friday in places that received the most new snow, such as around Seeley Lake and the Swan Range. And in south-central Montana, an avalanche warning was in effect in the southern Madison and Gallatin mountains, and around West Yellowstone and Idaho's Centennial Range.