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He coordinated the local medical response during the COVID-19 pandemic, provided healthcare overseas in Nepal and India, helped start a medical school program focused on climate change and summited Mount Everest.
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Ski season is winding down, but training exercises are going on now for dogs used in avalanche and search and rescue missions.
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A high number of avalanche deaths, particularly among snowmobilers, in eastern Idaho in recent years might be connected to a gap in avalanche forecast areas.
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The storms brought about a week of considerable or high avalanche danger, with several reports of large avalanches in central Idaho, some hundreds or thousands of feet wide.
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One person was killed in an avalanche at Lake Tahoe’s largest ski resort, Palisades Tahoe, on Jan. 10, 2024. National data shows, over the past decade, an average of 25 people died in avalanches each winter.
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Last winter was a record year for snowfall and for extreme avalanche activity in the Sawtooth Avalanche Center's forecast area.
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It’s the peak of an epic ski season across the Mountain West. With more storms on the way and spring breakers soon descending, avalanche experts are urging caution.
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The Mountain West is seeing more snow than it has in years, which means more powder-hungry skiers and snowmobilers heading for the backcountry. But that means risking an avalanche and there have already been several deadly avalanches this winter.
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With snow, comes avalanches! Two specialists join Idaho Matters to give us some do's and don'ts during ski season.
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The Sawtooth Avalanche Center based in Sun Valley begins its daily backcountry forecasts today.