Avalanche Center urges caution, even with moderate slide risk
Parts of the Bridger-Teton National Forest got more than two feet of snow last week, which led to a considerable risk of avalanches. The Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center has now reduced the risk to...
View ArticleWinter storm brings avalanches to western Wyoming
The winter storm in northwest Wyoming has caused avalanches in Jackson Hole, Teton Pass, and Hoback Canyon. And the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center says more slides are likely to come. An avalanche...
View ArticleAvalanches kill two people
Authorities say avalanches have killed a snowmobiler in Montana and a cross-country skier in Wyoming. Doug Chabot with the Gallatin National Forest says the snowmobiler triggered the slide about noon...
View ArticleSkier, snowmobiler killed in avalanches identified
Park County authorities have identified a snowmobiler and a skier who died in separate avalanches near the Montana-Wyoming line. Forty-four-year-old David Lee Gaillard was skiing with his wife Saturday...
View ArticleAvalanche risk 'considerable' at high elevations
The Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center has raised the risk of avalanches to “considerable” for areas above 9,000 feet. The Center’s Mike Rheam says that means naturally occurring avalanches are possible,...
View ArticleTwo dead in western Wyoming avalanches
Avalanches killed two skiers from Jackson in western Wyoming yesterday. Elizabeth Gray Benson, 28, was west of Bondurant when an avalanche caught her and carried her into a tree. Nick Gillespie, 30,...
View ArticleAvalanche risk at moderate for Western mountains
Avalanche season in Wyoming has begun, and the Bridger-Teton Avalanche Center in Jackson raised the avalanche risk from low to moderate on Thursday afternoon. Bob Comey, director of the avalanche...
View ArticleHuge Avalanches Hit Western States
The Rocky Mountain states have experienced avalanche activity in recent weeks that forecasters are calling ‘historic.’ Wyoming experienced some of its largest avalanches in decades. "These are thirty,...
View ArticleWyoming's Conservation Fund Director Killed In Avalanche
The director of the Wyoming’s chapter of the Conservation Fund, Luke Lynch, was killed in an avalanche on Sunday. Lynch and three others had ascended Mount Moran in Grand Teton National Park when a wet...
View ArticleAvalanche Risk "Considerable" For Northwest Wyoming
The avalanche risk warning for Northwest Wyoming is “Considerable,” right now, or a 3 on a 5 point scale. Bob Comey is the director at the Bridger-Teton National Forest Avalanche Center. He says this...
View ArticleWyoming Avalanche Season Deadliest Since 2009
2016 has been the worst year for avalanche deaths in Wyoming since 2009. So far this year there have been five avalanche deaths in Wyoming, more than any other state. Bob Comey is a forecaster with the...
View ArticleJackson Hole Babe Force Offers Women Opportunity To Improve Outdoor Skills
A program in Jackson is expanding to offer 17 scholarships to female skiers and outdoorswomen who want to improve their skills on the mountain. The Jackson Hole Babe Force scholarships will allow women...
View ArticleAvalanche Beacon Park Makes Practicing Backcountry Safety Easy
Quick recovery is key to avalanche survival. Experts say that 93 percent of avalanche victims can be recovered alive if they are dug out within the first 15 minutes, but after that, the likelihood of...
View ArticleAvalanche Deaths Have Declined In the West
There’s some apparent good news for backcountry adventurers in the West this winter: the number of avalanche deaths is declining.
View ArticleAvalanche Conditions Worsen As Snow Piles Up In Western Mountains
Jackson has seen the most snowfall of any February in recent history and that's led to some dangerous avalanche conditions.
View ArticleMore Avalanches Predicted For Colorado, As Climate Connection Remains Unclear
Forecasters in Colorado are warning of “very destructive” avalanches as heavy snowfall and strong winds are expected Wednesday. Avalanches have already buried cars, killed skiers and left chunks of...
View ArticleMore Snowmobilers In Wyoming Killed In Avalanches Than Skiers
A recent analysis by WyoFile found that snowmobilers have topped backcountry skiers in avalanche fatalities throughout the state's history.
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