The iconic ‘Peace Sign’, hand painted on a microwave tower on Mount Jumbo, has been gone for many years, but it will find a new home, fittingly enough, at the Jeanette Rankin Peace Center in Missoula.
Mount Jumbo currently poses little danger of avalanche, as long as people stay off the mountain, stated a press release from the City of Missoula, referencing information received from the Western Montana Avalanche Center.
Mount Jumbo's south zone normally opens on March 15, but due to a lingering elk herd, city officials have closed the area to all humans for the time being.
With over a dozen deaths attributed to avalanches this winter, KGVO News spoke with Steve Karkanen, Director of the Western Montana Avalanche Center about the current alert level in the Missoula area.
"We've had 14 people die in avalanches just in the month of January alone," Karkanen said...
One year has passed since the fatal urban avalanche in the Rattlesnake area in Missoula February 28, 2014.
Friday was a busy time in Missoula Justice Court, with three high profile cases appearing before Judge Marie Anderson.
Winter weather advisory from 2 pm today through 11 am tomorrow.
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High-flying point-of-view videos have a unique way of leaving most viewers breathless. Not to mention the inevitable crash landings and close calls with nearby rocks and cliffs and you’ll break a sweat.
Paratroopers over Missoula? No. Not really..