Natural avalanche in the Northern Bridgers

BRIDGER RANGE
Bridger Range
Code
SS-N-R1-D1-I
Elevation
7800
Latitude
45.92170
Longitude
-110.98500
Notes

Skiers in the northern Bridgers noticed this natural slab avalanche. From an email: "Extremely weak, faceted snowpack on w-e slopes all the way up to 8000ft or so. Widespread cracking and collapsing, basically a 14in storm slab on top of total garbage. Observed a good size natural in steep, north facing terrain at about 7800ft, starting zone was a big slough fan and broke what looked like 2-3ft deep, presumably on the dry spell facets."

 

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Number killed
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
1
D size
1
Bed Surface
I - Interface between new and old snow
Problem Type
New Snow
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year