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Ben Parsons talks with students at Whitefish High School in 2012. (Pilot file photo)

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Firefighter killed in Glacier avalanche
January 7, 2017 5:27 p.m.

Firefighter killed in Glacier avalanche

Ben Parsons, 36, a well-known local athlete and Whitefish firefighter and paramedic, was killed in an avalanche Thursday afternoon while backcountry skiing on Stanton Mountain in Glacier National Park.