1.   At the government booth, visitors can find out about snow and avalanche conditions, trail information, weather forecasts, or just get general outdoor recreation advice.

2.   Melting snow makes for favorable avalanche conditions because it changes the stability of the snow-

3.   Melting snow makes for favorable avalanche conditions because it changes the stability of the snowpack.

4.   Two other groups attempting to summit that day also turned back, worried about avalanche conditions and deteriorating weather.

5.   Heavy snowfall in the southern Alps has created avalanche conditions, and more snow could fall this week, French officials said Monday.

6.   It produced avalanche conditions Monday in Colorado, deep snow and flooding in Wyoming and South Dakota, and deadly weekend storms in Texas.

7.   It was fortuitous, Post said, that DEC rangers were in the area scouting for avalanche conditions when the tragedy occurred.

8.   They had been advised of the avalanche conditions, police said.