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This is one of nine avalanche fatalities reported by the American Avalanche Association over the last eight days in the western U.S.

More details were released by the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center about the Tuesday avalanche that claimed the life of a Big Sky man.

A skier killed in an avalanche this week in the northern Madison Range has been identified.

An avalanche occurred in the Bridger Mountains late this morning, according to a release from the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office.

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The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center provides details surrounding the Cooke City avalanche that occured on the southeast face of Sheep Mountain on December 19, 2015 that three snowmobilers were caught in, resulting in one fatality.

A snowmobiler died in an avalanche near Cooke City over the weekend.

Two hunters hiking up Sacajawea Bowl in the northern Bridgers triggered an avalanche on Thursday morning.

Mark Staples of the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center returns to the scene in Beehive Peak, north of Big Sky, where a human-triggered avalanche took the life of a local Bozeman man over the weekend. Find out the full story in this video released by the GNFAC.

Did you know that Montana State has a snow and avalanche lab? They do and it's headed by Dr. Jordy Hendrikx. They're addressing the HUMAN factor in avalanches. What is the decision making process that people use before heading into dangerous terrain?

Did you know that Montana State has a snow and avalanche lab? They do and it's headed by Dr. Jordy Hendrikx. They're addressing the HUMAN factor in avalanches. What is the decision making process that people use before heading into dangerous terrain?

Check out this video that someone by the name of Mike Salmon just posted. In a recent snowmobiling trip near Afton, Wyoming, one of the riders gets caught in an avalanche slide as he attempts a backcountry hill climb. Luckily, his group is able to spot his sled in the aftermath and rush to the scene. He was completely buried up to his head and appears to be alright. Very lucky!