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Archive Home > 2007 > December > 20 > Itching for powder? Know the dangers after a heavy snow

Itching for powder? Know the dangers after a heavy snow

By Kate Ramsayer / The Bulletin
December 20, 2007

Backcountry skiers, snowboarders, snowshoers and snowmobilers itching to get out in the new snow in the Cascades should take care to avoid avalanches, said Tim Peterson, an instructor at Oregon State University-Cascades Campus, since the weather conditions are ripe to cause a....

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