Hyalite Peak

Hyalite Peak

Date
Activity
Skiing

On our way up the summer trail route to Hyalite Peak our party of three remotely triggered a small avalanche from the skin track at around 9,600ft on a east facing aspect. The storm slab went about 4 inches deep and 150-200ft across a small roll over feature. We were about 150ft away when we triggered the slide. This dramatically altered our tour plan, but we still stepped out into some avalanche terrain later in the day. By mid-morning it was quite hot up high and much of the new snow had consolidated into a few inches of heavy slop that was much less excited to move. I’ve attached a picture but it’s quite cloudy and I didn’t have anything in frame for reference... so maybe not very helpful.

Region
Northern Gallatin
Location (from list)
Hyalite Peak
Observer Name
Chris Kussmaul