Photos
Bridger Range, 2024-03-27 The wind was transporting significant amounts of the recent snow at high elevations. This is Saddle Peak loading as seen from the Ramp. Photo: GNFAC |
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Cooke City, 2024-03-26 Skiers triggered this small windslab while skinning near a steeprollover at the top of an East facing slope above Zimmer Creek. Crown was ~20 ft wide and ran a similar distance. 2"-10" at the deepest. Photo: G. Roe Link to Avalanche Details |
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Bridger Range, 2024-03-26 Skiers in Frazier Basin triggered several small wind slabs and saw widespread cracking on NW-facing terrain. Photo: C. Bayles Link to Avalanche Details |
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Bridger Range, 2024-03-26 From obs: "Saw small avalanches on almost every wind loaded slope out of fairy lake. The one we spotted in the pomp twins had a defined crown roughly 100ft across." J. Alford Link to Avalanche Details |
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Bridger Range, 2024-03-26 From obs: "Saw small avalanches on almost every wind loaded slope out of fairy lake. The one we spotted in the pomp twins had a defined crown roughly 100ft across." J. Alford Link to Avalanche Details |
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Cooke City, 2024-03-26 Skiers south of Cooke City saw a recent likely cornice-triggered avalanche on a northeast face. During their tour, they saw a small part of the same cornice fall off and trigger another small avalanche. Photo: B. Daley Link to Avalanche Details |
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Southern Madison, 2024-03-26 There was a full-depth wet slab avalanche that broke last week during the warm-up on Lightning Ridge. GNFAC Link to Avalanche Details |
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Southern Madison, 2024-03-26 We saw one new wind-slab avalanche in Sunlight Basin. It was small. From a distance, it appeared to be about 6" deep and 30' across (R1-D1). GNFAC Link to Avalanche Details |
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Southern Madison, 2024-03-26 Spring cornices are growing very large above many wind-loaded slopes. GNFAC |
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Bridger Range, 2024-03-25 Skiers on 03/24/2024 observed this avalanche at the Playground that happened on 03/20/24. Photo: A. Newman Link to Avalanche Details |
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Cooke City, 2024-03-25 A snowboarder intentionally triggered a wind-slab avalanche on Town Hill in Cooke City that broke 6-10” deep and approximately 30’ wide. It ran about 40 vertical feet. Photo: R. Youngbar Link to Avalanche Details |
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Northern Madison, 2024-03-24 On a small test slope near Muddy Creek we intentionally triggered several small avalanches in wind-loaded terrain by knocking chunks of cornice off. Photo: GNFAC Link to Avalanche Details |
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Northern Madison, 2024-03-24 While riding we saw cracking forming near our sleds in fresh drifts: Photo: GNFAC |
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Northern Madison, 2024-03-24 Strong wind transporting snow at ridge tops. Photo: GNFAC |
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Northern Madison, 2024-03-24 We saw this recent avalanche near the Bear Creek wilderness boundary while riding on 03/24/2024. Photo: GNFAC Link to Avalanche Details |
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Northern Madison, 2024-03-24 We saw this natural avalanche on a wind-loaded slope behind McAtee Basin. Photo: GNFAC Link to Avalanche Details |
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Out of Advisory Area, 2024-03-24 Skiers on 03/24/2024 saw the crown of this avalanche on an east-facing slope on Emigrant Peak. This likely happened sometime during last week's warm temperatures. Photo: O. Cole & M. Mundt Link to Avalanche Details |
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Out of Advisory Area, 2024-03-24 Skiers on 03/23/2024 saw this wet slide on the back bowl of Emigrant Peak. This likely happened sometime during last week's warm temperatures. Photo: M. Hebner Link to Avalanche Details |
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Out of Advisory Area, 2024-03-24 Skiers on 03/23/2024 saw this wet slide on the back bowl of Emigrant Peak. This likely happened sometime during last week's warm temperatures. Photo: M. Hebner Link to Avalanche Details |
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Bridger Range, 2024-03-24 From obs. 3/23/24: "...Natural wet slab avalanche in the Playground, just North of Texas Meadows. It seemed to have been triggered from a wet loose avalanche that released from the cliffband above...." Photo: D. Sandberg Link to Avalanche Details |