The Last Best SKI - Karl Birkeland / National Avalanche Center, Director, Forest Service

Bozeman has played a prominent role in avalanche safety in the United States. Before working for the National Avalanche Center Karl Birkeland founded the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center in 1990.

Avalanches kill more people on Forest Service Lands than any other natural hazard.

Bozeman is the place where we have people not only doing active avalanche research, we also have the National Avalanche Center, we have the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center, Big Sky, Bridger, Yellowstone Club, all of us also coordinate with some of the other ski areas in our area.

For an area of strong academics and practitioners, there’s nothing quite like Bozeman.

Karl skiing the Beartooths

Karl skiing the Beartooths

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Karl & Partner on Mount Blackmore

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Karl Birkeland Skiing the Beartooths

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