AVALANCHE BUTTE
Broadwater County - Helena National Forest - 12N-2E-33
July 9, 1936: "A portable short wave radio set was installed at Avalanche Mountain, 30 miles northeast of Townsend." (The Independent Record)
Removed
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - AVALANCHE
PID - RW0550
STATE/COUNTY- MT/BROADWATER
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - LINGSHIRE (1966)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1958
STATION LOCATED ON THE COUNTY LINE BETWEEN BROADWATER AND MEAGHER
COUNTIES, ABOUT 24 MI. E. AND 11 MI. N. OF HELENA, ABOUT 6 MI. S.
AND 4 MI. W. OF THE ABANDONED LINKSHIRE POST OFFICE AND ON THE
HIGHEST POINT OF AVALANCHE BUTTE.
TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF ANTELOPE CREEK ROAD AND THE MILLEGAN
ROAD, PROCEED W. ON ANTELOPE CREEK ROAD ABOUT 5 MI. TO A SIGN
--AVALANCHE BUTTE-- AT A RD. JUNCTION. TURN LEFT ON TRAIL RD. 4.2
MI. TO STATION ON HIGHEST POINT OF BUTTE AT SITE OF ABANDONED FOREST
SERVICE OBSERVATION POINT
STATION MARK--STANDARD TABLET CEMENTED IN A DRILL HOLE IN SOLID ROCK
AND STAMPED---AVALANCHE 1958---.