WINTERSPORTS -- The skiing, snowboarding and snowmobiling season has barely started for 2016-2017 and already the misadventures and fatalities are being logged. Among them:

• Skier dies in tree well at Snoqualmie Pass
• Skier dies in southwestern Montana avalanche
• Crystal Mountain out-of-bounds skier lost overnight, but OK
• Spout Springs ski area closed; cites snowmobile concerns
• Dogs find body of skier in Mt. Rose Ski Area avalanche
• Recreationists trigger 10 avalanches over weekend in Wyoming

Be careful out there.

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