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"Pat H." wrote:
> 
> Thats not true.
> 
> Avalances only occure under certian snow and wheather conditions... not just
> when there is a lot of snow up there.


They occur when strata of snow layer upon each other and become
unstable.  For instance a layer of wet, icy snow then a layer of powdery
snow, the layers are then primed to slip on each other = avalanche.

However, the kids had stopped by the Park Office and were told the risk
was "considerable" and made their decision that it was safe for them.  
I heard a Glacier Parks man interviewed and he said that they only
advise, the skier makes their own decision.  

As it should be.  I'm with the kids on this, one does dangerous things. 
You assess the danger, take all precautions you can and then it's a toss
of the dice.  Sometimes you lose but hey all the other times, big
adrenaline rush.  

Sheena
> 
> "gman" <gman99@canada.com> wrote in message
> news:a82f1ece.0302030646.8bfc7e2@posting.google.com...
> > I watched the news last night and saw people clammering for an
> > avalanche warning system....are the people for real ? Might as well be
> > dumbass americans...Guess what.....if there's a ton of snow on the
> > mountain there's a good chance of an avalanche !!! These killer
> > avalanches aren't like tornados, you don't need a warning system to
> > tell you that when there's lot's of snow on a mountain that there is a
> > risk of an avalanche !! Clue in !!