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Below is a list of articles which have appeared in southwest Montana media emphasizing snow and avalanche safety. GNFAC serves as a resource for media outlets in informing the public about avalanche awareness.

Avalanche Education - MSA - 2011-Oct-31

View pdf: Education Article MSA.pdf
Season Summary 2010-11 - 2011-Apr-15

All of us at the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center--- Mark Staples, Eric Knoff and I, Doug Chabot--- want to thank you for a great year. We are grateful for the community support of the Gallatin National Forest and Friends of the Avalanche Center. This month finishes our 21^st year of operation with a record 145 avalanche advisories.

View pdf: 2011 End of Season Summary.pdf
Avalanche Rescue: A Race Against Time - by Doug Chabot - Carve - 2011-Feb-11

Imagine standing on top of an open bowl filled with fresh powder and thinking, “I’m going to ski this. I’m wearing a beacon and my buddy is really good at doing searches. I’ll go for it”.

View pdf: Chabot_Carve Feb2011.pdf
Promoting Avalanche Awareness in the Snowmobiling Capital of the World - by Doug Chabot - The Avalanche Review - 2011-Jan-24

The Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center (GNFAC) came to life during the winter of 1990/91, 21years ago.

View pdf: 2011_TAR_Chabot_SnowmoEd.pdf
You Are the Eyes and Ears of the Avalanche Center - by Doug Chabot - Big Sky Weekly - 2011-Jan-24

All winter long at 4 a.m. Eric, Mark or I are in the office, coffee in hand, our minds slowly waking to put together the morning’s avalanche advisory.

View pdf: BigSkyWeekly_Observations.pdf
What are you going to do when the slide comes for you? By Eric Knoff - MSA - 2011-Jan-22

It's the best day ever! It has been snowing for three days straight- and now the sun is shining and the powder is perfect. You and your companions are in a secret location with not another rider around - your group couldn't be happier. But then...all of a sudden... you hear someone yell, "Avalanche!" You look up to see one of your friends high on the slope being swallowed by a wall of moving snow. What are you going to do?

View pdf: MSA_Article_January.doc
No Snow, Big Problem - by Doug Chabot - Carve - 2011-Jan-14

It hadn’t snowed in days. I was out skiing and digging snowpits, testing the stability. Layers were bonding to one another and I couldn’t find any trouble in the snowpack. But I wasn’t happy.

View pdf: Chabot Carve Jan 2011.pdf
Saddle Peak: Sidecountry Challenges, Misconceptions and Lessons - by Doug Chabot - Carve - 2010-Dec-09

Ski areas are now open and so are their backcountry access gates. The sidecountry provides great skiing and snowboarding opportunities, but also presents some challenges.

View pdf: Carve Dec2010_Saddle.pdf
Why Avalanches Should Be Reported By Eric Knoff - MSA - 2010-Nov-22

The winter of 2009/10 was the busiest season the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center has had in its twenty years of operation - 87 avalanche incidents were reported in southwest Montana. The incidents reported included 21 people caught, 9 partial burials, 3 full burials and 3 fatalities, but this is, unfortunately, not the full picture. Inherently, many avalanche events were never reported to the forecast center.

View pdf: MSA Article-1.pdf
The New and Improved Avalanche Danger Scale-by Doug Chabot - Carve - 2010-Nov-04

In 2005, after 16 years of use, the U.S. and Canadian professional avalanche community decided the danger scale needed to be revised. Words like "probable" were confusing, and the scale was weighted toward probability instead of consequence.

View pdf: Carve_Nov10.pdf

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