Understanding Snow Deposition Patterns Leading to Natural Avalanche Formation in Heterogenous Mountain Terrain

Zachary Miller, USGS Geological Survey, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States, Erich Peitzsch, USGS, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center, West Glacier, MT, United States, Eric A Sproles, Montana State University, Earth Sciences, Bozeman, MT, United States, Karl Birkeland, US Forest Service, National Avalanche Center, Bozeman, MT, United States and Ross Palomaki, University of Virginia, Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, VA, United States