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'Very dangerous' avalanche conditions in west-central Montana

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'Very dangerous' avalanche conditions in west-central Montana


MISSOULA — The West Central Montana Avalanche Center is warning of “very dangerous avalanche conditions” across west-central Montana.

An update issued on Thursday morning notes that due to our recent snow and wind, “large human triggered avalanches are very likely at middle and upper elevations.”

Anyone planning to head into the backcountry are being advised to not go on or under under steep slopes “especially where the wind has drifted fresh snow.”

The latest advisory covers the Seekley Lake, Rattlesnake and Bitterroot areas.

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Click here to view the latest advisory from the West Central Montana Avalanche Center.





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Missoula and Western Montana neighbors: Obituaries for April 11

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Federal Approval of Montana Logging Project Survives Lawsuit

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Federal Approval of Montana Logging Project Survives Lawsuit


A 16,700-acre logging project outside Missoula, Mont. will continue after a federal judge ruled the US Bureau of Land Management adequately reviewed potential impacts to endangered grizzly bears and Canada lynx.

The agency properly calculated road density and the increased traffic through the Garnet Mountain range even if several routes have since become impassible through vegetation growth and will have to be cleared in critical habitat areas, according to an order issued Thursday by the US District Court for the District of Montana.

Judge Dana L Christensen granted summary judgment for the bureau in 2024 lawsuit over its approval of …



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Grizzly moved from Montana to Togwotee for genetics spotted with cubs in Teton Wilderness

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