A helicopter airlifts weather station materials and equipment to Tunnel Ridge on the Flathead National Forest near Essex. (Photo provided by Friends of Flathead Avalanche Center)
July 26, 2020
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New weather stations enhance safety in the backcountry
The Flathead Avalanche Center recently finished installing weather stations on Tunnel Ridge near Essex — an undertaking that closed out a multi-year, multi-partnership effort to build a more robust weather dataset for the Flathead Range and beyond.