Bridger Range

Natural wet loose slide at Bridger

Date

On sunday 4/14 a large wet loose avalanche ran naturally in closed terrain at Bridger. The larger of the two in the photo is from 4/14 at 1230pm. The other slide, on the left, happened yesterday or late in the day Friday.

Region
Bridger Range
Location (from list)
Bridger Bowl
Observer Name
Alex Marienthal

Wet loose slides in Bridgers

BRIDGER RANGE
Bridger Range
Code
WL-N-R2-D2-O
Elevation
8500
Aspect
E
Aspect Range
SE, E, NE
Latitude
45.85120
Longitude
-110.94800
Notes

This afternoon I drove up Bridger canyon to Seitz Rd to see the extent of wet snow activity, and stopped in a few places to look with binoculars. There were many loose wet avalanches that ran over the last 1-3 days. I estimate they involved the upper 6-12" of snow. Activity was widespread and many slides were plenty large enough to be dangerous, but there was nothing especially remarkable about the size and I saw zero wet slabs.

Temperature was 65-70 degrees in the canyon, mostly clear skies with a few clouds, calm to light wind.

Number of slides
13
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Wet loose-snow avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
2
D size
2
Bed Surface
O - Old snow
Problem Type
Wet Snow
Slab Thickness
9.0 inches
Vertical Fall
1000ft
Snow Observation Source
Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Multiple Avalanches
Advisory Year