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offers some of the finest backcountry snowmobiling in the country. On
January 17, 2009, a snowmobiler riding on Crown Butte triggered an avalanche resulting in one fatality. On December 31, 2022, one snowmobiler was killed in a very large avalanche on Crown Butte.
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