A 53-year-old man who died in an avalanche Saturday has been identified.

West Glacier resident Bruce Lee Jungnitsch, 53, was trapped in an avalanche while riding a snowmobile near Hungry Horse Reservoir, the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office reported.

Three avalanches occurred Saturday afternoon near the reservoir. The one that claimed Jungnitsch’s life was reported at 2:21 p.m.

He was part of a group of seven snowmobilers 12 miles up Beta Lake Road when the avalanche occurred. Three people were buried in the snow, but two made it out alive.

The area where the avalanche occurred is not a normal avalanche area, Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry said. The snowmobilers were in the trees, not a bowl, where avalanches are more likely to occur.

Avalanche conditions now are “extreme,” Curry said. “People need to use extreme caution right now in outdoor activities.”

Also Saturday afternoon, two people were trapped in snow when an avalanche occurred in the Lost Johnny area. Both of those people got out of the snow safely, the sheriff’s office reported.

No one was caught in the third avalanche, reported at Doris Creek.

The Flathead National Forest issues avalanche advisories for Northwest Montana every Tuesday and Friday morning through April. Advisories include information about snowpack conditions, weather forecasts and hazard evaluations.

The advisories are available online at www.glacieravalanche.org or by calling 257-8402.