Most fatalities result from people, especially skiers and snowmobilers, traveling into areas that have been posted as off-limits. The deadliest month for avalanche victims in the United States is February. Since 1950, almost 90 persons, many of them skiers, have perished in snow slides. June, July and August, incidently, are not fatality free. Summer snow slides in high terrain sometimes catch hikers and campers by surprise.
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