(Source: Flathead Beacon, March 11, 2014)
ESSEX, Mont. — Hours before the snow-covered mountains along Glacier National Park’s southern boundary began to slide on March 2, Ted Steiner could see it coming. From his home in Whitefish, BNSF Railway’s avalanche safety consultant and forecaster watched as the temperature in the mountains high above John F. Stevens Canyon, just east of Essex, increased from negative 12 degrees to 12 above Fahrenheit in just one hour. Meanwhile, on the canyon floor, the temperature still hovered around zero.
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