Snowboarder killed in backcountry avalanche near Big Sky
One man was killed on Sunday in an avalanche in Beehive Basin near Big Sky in southwest Montana. (Gallatin Avalanche Center photo)
BIG SKY (AP) — The principal of an elementary school in Bozeman has been killed in an avalanche while backcountry snowboarding in southwestern Montana, Gallatin County officials said.
Craig Kitto, 45, and a companion were splitboarding in Beehive Basin near the town of Big Sky on Sunday when they were swept down a slope into trees, the sheriff's office said...
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