Whumphing in Bridgers

Whumphing in Bridgers

Date
Activity
Skiing

I skied off the backside of Bradley's with the intention of touring up and skiing those north facing shots off of Texas toward the playground. Skinning across the flat meadow below the cliffs heading toward Texas I got several thundering whumphs. I usually feel pretty comfortable on a Moderate day skinning up that notch and giving the overhead hazard as much birth as possible. But, it felt like remote triggers were a real possibility and I was by myself, so I decided not to test my hypothesis that I could set a low exposure skin track and spun back to the top of Bradley's. I was thinking of that observation from a few years back where the solo tourer skinned up those cones to the skinners left and triggered a slide that tickled the traditional skin track. I didn't get any collapses on other slopes, just skinning across that flat meadow. Coverage was as thin as you would expect. There were some steep tracks down Wolverine and off the side of Ramp that didn't produce any action.

Region
Bridger Range
Location (from list)
Texas Meadow
Observer Name
Spencer Jonas