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Peitzsch named interim director of avalanche center

by Whitefish Pilot
| November 26, 2013 9:00 PM

The Flathead National Forest announced Monday that Erich Peitzsch will be the interim director of the Flathead Avalanche Center this season.

Peitzsch is the lead avalanche specialist for the Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road avalanche program and a physical scientist with the U.S. Geological Survey, where he studies snow and ice.

He plans to work part-time as the FAC avalanche director this season and continue with his current job at the USGS Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center in Glacier Park.

Peitzsch completed his master’s in snow science at Montana State University-Bozeman in 2009. He began his avalanche career as a professional ski patroller at Alpine Meadows Ski Area in Lake Tahoe, Calif.

Peitzsch and the FAC staff can be reached at 406-261-9873 or by e-mailing fac.admin@flatheadavalanche.org.