Avalanche in Beehive

Beehive Basin
Northern Madison
Code
SS-R3-D2-O
Elevation
8600
Aspect
SW
Latitude
45.34070
Longitude
-111.39100
Notes

From e-mail: "Toured in Beehive today. Good snow but very windy. Pics show a large avalanche in the area where “Going Home” ends. Lighting was difficult so not that clear. There was a smaller slide just to the right of the picture and one chute from the end of “Going Home”.

The slide pictures took out some small trees. I was surprised how far into the low angle the debris ran.

Hard to know if this was skier triggered but there were one set of tracks coming down Going Home." Photo: A. Crawford

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
R size
3
D size
2
Bed Surface
O - Old snow
Problem Type
Persistent Weak Layer
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year