Island Park

Crazy mtns

Date
Activity
Snowboarding
Snowmobiling

Rode up cottonwood creek on the west side of the crazies. Saw several recent wet loose slides on southern aspects as well as some isolated slides on north/west aspects. Only saw one larger slide that had a wide crown(500ft) D2 on an east aspect.  All slides were breaking in the upper 40cm in new/old snow.

 

Dug a pit north east aspect HS270cm ECTN24 @40cm down from surface. Melt freeze down 70cm might start reacting when water penetrates through upper snow pack, dry snow in upper 60cm but becoming more moist on solars.

Region
Out of Advisory Area

Wet avalanches in Island Park

Arange Peak
Island Park
Code
WL-N
Latitude
44.52630
Longitude
-111.46500
Notes

From IG mesasge (4/6): "Some wet action at arange peak near Sawtell yesterday. From slope Dave and I did our first pit on Monday. Lots of release in that new old interface but didn’t see anything releasing down deeper."

Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Wet loose-snow avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
Problem Type
Wet Snow
Images
Wet avalanches in Island Park 04/05
Snow Observation Source
Wet avalanches in Island Park
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Multiple Avalanches
Advisory Year
23-24

From IG mesasge (4/6): "Some wet action at arange peak near Sawtell yesterday. From slope Dave and I did our first pit on Monday. Lots of release in that new old interface but didn’t see anything releasing down deeper." Photo: Z. Bailey

Avalanche Details: Wet avalanches in Island Park
Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Wed Apr 10, 2024
Island Park, 2024-04-07
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    • Wet avalanches in Island Park

    Date
    Activity
    Snowmobiling

    From IG mesasge (4/6): "Some wet action at arange peak near Sawtell yesterday. From slope Dave and I did our first pit on Monday. Lots of release in that new old interface but didn’t see anything releasing down deeper."

    Region
    Island Park
    Location (from list)
    Arange Peak
    Observer Name
    Zach Bailey

    Skies over Centennials

    Date

    From email:" photo of mostly cloudy skies. 

    53 deg F while driving through IP at around 4pm"

    Region
    Island Park
    Location (from list)
    CENTENNIAL RANGE
    Observer Name
    Mark Staples
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