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Avalanche forecasting mixes accumulated knowledge and new digital tools

Armed with new tech, Bellingham’s avalanche forecasters clear a path for safe backcountry play

Snow billows behind as a snowboarder makes new tracks in the fresh snow at Mount Baker Ski Area on April 6.
Snow billows behind as a snowboarder makes new tracks in the fresh snow at Mt. Baker Ski Area on April 6, 2022. Backcountry enthusiasts at Baker and across the Northwest rely on daily snow forecasts from the Northwest Avalanche Center. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)
By Julia Tellman CDN Contributor
A cycle of intense mountain snowstorms in late February and early March reversed what was looking to

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