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Thanks to all the participants at this year's King and Queen of the Ridge, and to Bridger Bowl for hosting the fundraiser for the Friends of the Avalanche Center! Photo: M. Kautz

Thanks to all the participants at this year's King and Queen of the Ridge, and to Bridger Bowl for hosting the fundraiser for the Friends of the Avalanche Center! Photo: M. Kautz

Thanks to all the participants at this year's King and Queen of the Ridge, and to Bridger Bowl for hosting the fundraiser for the Friends of the Avalanche Center! Photo: M. Kautz

From IG message: “It looks like the lawn mower up north deep creek slide full path. Looking through Bino’s from the valley it looked fairly fresh. Multiple fracture lines up at the starting point. I assume it went naturally” Photo: B. Decampli

A snowmobiler triggered an avalanche as she climbed up the backside of Crown Butte. As she descended the slope the avalanche broke and ran down the slope behind her. Thankfully, no one was caught or injured. Photo: CA

Riders snapped a photo of natural avalanche activity above Blue Creek in the Centennial Mountains. Photo: P Rockwell

Skiers saw an entire bowl filled with shooting cracks where weak layers failed but the slope was not steep enough to avalanche. Photo: H Darby

An avalanche that failed a couple of days ago at Hebgen Lake. Photo: H. Darby

An overview photo of the 3/4 mile wide avalanche in Tepee Basin. Photo: A. Vaughn

Riders saw a large crack in the snow near the Cabin Creek Cabin in the S. Madison Range. This is a red flag for unstable conditions. Anonymous

A group of riders triggered this large avalanche on Lionhead Ridge as they traveled in nearby terrain that was much less steep. Photo: T. Urell

Skiers on Woody Ridge felt numerous "thunderous" collapses and saw shooting cracks during their ski tour on 02/09/2024. Photo: N. Stayner

A natural avalanche on Woody Ridge likely broke sometime between the afternoon 02/09/2024 and 02/10/2024. Photo: N. Stayner

From obs: "Member in our group was on the flank of the slope. Crack shot from beneath sled and triggered the slope from ~ 100’ away. Broke about 75 yards wide, ripped to dirt and travelled a short ways to toe of the slope. North facing, 9220’" Photo: M. Rolfson

From obs: "Member in our group was on the flank of the slope. Crack shot from beneath sled and triggered the slope from ~ 100’ away. Broke about 75 yards wide, ripped to dirt and travelled a short ways to toe of the slope. North facing, 9220’" Photo: M. Rolfson

From obs: "We spotted these fairly fresh looking avalanches all side by side with no apparent tracks leading into them. Likely either natural or remote triggered earlier in the day or overnight." Photo. L. Welles 

From obs: "We spotted these fairly fresh looking avalanches all side by side with no apparent tracks leading into them. Likely either natural or remote triggered earlier in the day or overnight." Photo: L. Welles 

From obs: "There were shooting cracks everywhere, and it looked like the cracks propagated into a slab that would have broken up more if the slope had been steeper. It almost looked like a crevasse field with how many cracks there were. Photo is included but I don't think shows just how broken up that "relatively benign" terrain was. I have never seen anything like that before! " Photo: H. Darby

Two natural avalanches that likely happened in the last 24-48 hours. 500' wide. "Crown line extends basically the entire ridge in the background." Photo. H. Darby

The crown of a natural avalanche likely happened in the last 12 hours. This avalanche broke 200' wide, 3-4' deep, and ran "almost full path" to the trees below. Photo: H. Darby