Wind transported snow - Hyalite 1/21/15

Wind transported snow - Hyalite 1/21/15

The northern Gallatin Range received 8-10" of low density snow over the past few days. Moderate winds out of the W-NW were transporting the new snow onto leeward slopes. This type of transport was confined to upper elevation terrain and was not a problem on lower elevation slopes. Photo GNFAC


Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Thu Jan 22, 2015GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Fri Jan 23, 2015
Northern Gallatin, 2015-01-21
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