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Another Avalanche...

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dowalibeast
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There was another avalanche in Montana, this time in the Bozeman area.  Let this be another reminder of the dangers of Montana backcountry.  Be careful out there.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hC0t6YTXWxsexnFT97Qw5Nu_G1PgD8UAEL2G0
Jan 21 2008 3:54PM
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Literature
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Sorry to hear that.

Let us know with any further details.
Jan 21 2008 5:49PM
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NWFlow
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Not good...

Stay safe out there folks.
Jan 21 2008 7:24PM
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Caveman.
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great falls news reported it as being msu student tyler stetson from vermont. RIP dude
Jan 22 2008 12:57AM
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GotamaBCshredder
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Yeah it was big. Up at Middle Basin in beehive, ripped to the rocks. Made for a pretty shitty day. I would also like to say SCREW the search and rescue for taking 4 hours to get there, when we were 30 minutes up the trail, we sat there for that long and it was like 5 below zero. This is the second time they have pretty much fucked me in a bad situation, Then the news paper said they brought ina chopper crew which is bulllshit as well. They brought up 2 sleds that got there the same time as the hikers did. Weak. RIP Tyler
Jan 22 2008 1:02PM
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Aenigma
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The snowpack's really variable around that area right now, so it's going to be hard to gauge what will slide and what won't.  Given the situation, I can honestly say that this one probably would've caught me too.  It sounds like they definitely knew what they were doing, but were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. 

RIP
Jan 22 2008 1:38PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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It all seemed perty sketch. We didn't even hit any slopes. Ro said that that whole flat basin part wumped so he just went home, instead of trying to go any higher.
Jan 22 2008 1:43PM
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Aenigma
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Last time I was up Hyalite we were getting some collapsing higher up--probably close to the elevation of Beehive.  It wasn't anything huge, but when you know it's a layer 3' down that's doing it it's kind of unnerving.  The big thing I don't like about Beehive is how wind-affected it is, it's almost impossible to get a really good idea of what the snow's like unless there hasn't been wind for a while (which doesn't happen very often).  This kind of snowpack makes me feel better about not being able to ski for another month.
Jan 22 2008 1:48PM
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evtic
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scary shit!!!
Jan 22 2008 5:40PM
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king.tubby
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there was a little blurb about this in todays USA Today.  shitty deal , real shitty. the report on the gallatin avalanche site said it occured on the ridge separating beehive from middle basin. i assume middle is the small basin between beehive and bear basins?
Jan 22 2008 6:48PM
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evtic
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correct, I am pretty sure. I read that, shitty story around here.
Jan 22 2008 7:24PM
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Rez4frederick
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holy cow, that looks like a huge avalanche. Thats too bad to hear, unfortunately these types of things happen alot, especially with all of this snow we have been getting.
Jan 22 2008 9:03PM
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Literature
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That is so gnar. The slide path goes right through those trees, ugh.

That crown also propagated quite a ways over. Scary, scary shit.
Jan 23 2008 1:09AM
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evtic
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Be careful my fellow Montanans, obviously we are having a tough couple weeks. 2 avi deaths and now Billy Poole!!
Jan 23 2008 12:52PM
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freeridinskier
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it is scary seeing a picture of a slide like that on a slope that i have skied before
Jan 23 2008 5:26PM
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