Northern Madison
Near ground faceting - beehive basin
Date
Activity
Skiing
Dug a small pit on NW aspect at about 9100 and saw about 5cm of faceting right on the dirt and got ECTP22 on that layer. Some surface hoar present but mostly melted off.
Region
Northern Madison
Location (from list)
Beehive Basin
Observer Name
CD
Northern Bridgers
Date
Activity
Skiing
Early season conditions. At 8000' just below the Sacajawea trail bowl, there is about 9" of snow. In the trail bowl, winds moved that snow around and there is nice firm, supportable (ie - not hitting rocks) snow.
Warm weather really settled the snow and it became damp today on many sun exposed slopes. It stayed dry and cold on high north.
Overall, the things seem quite stable, even though there may be a wind slab or two that could still avalanche.
Region
Bridger Range
Location (from list)
Sacajewea Peak
Observer Name
GNFAC
Early Season Observations - Beehive Basin
Date
Activity
Skiing
From text: “50cm of snow on an east facing slope in beehive. Got ectp12 breaking at the ground, same result 2 times. Ct2 at the ground as well. Stayed out of the steeps today, some funky skiing with the heat up this afternoon.”
Region
Northern Madison
Location (from list)
Beehive Basin
Toe of Ambush
Date
Activity
Skiing
Snowmobiling
Snowshoeing
Small surface hoar. On a 18” base depth snowmaking snow. North Face, above creek, elevation 7571’ toe of ambush ski slope.
Region
Northern Madison
Location (from list)
Big Sky Resort
Observer Name
Eddie
From e-mail: "Photo attached from near top of hyalite peak, 11/2. Cracking in recent hard wind slab, I had to really jump hard to make this. Walked on many other hard slabs that were well bonded. Highly variable snowpack. I think you'd be most likely to get into trouble by popping out a small hard slab pocket like this and getting magic carpeted into some thinly covered terrain." Photo: B. VandenBos