Beehive Basin
Northern Madison
Code
C-ARc-R1-D2
Elevation
9100
Aspect
E
Latitude
45.30000
Longitude
-111.39900
Notes
Kicked off a wind slab avalanche 25ft wide on the west ridge of beehive basin. The wind slab was around 8-10ft deep and the debris slid almost to the flat a few hundred feet down the slope. The slide occurred around 9100ft on the east aspect. Neither me nor my partner were carried or caught in the slide.
The windslab that broke off was about 8-10 feet tall. It was mostly a huge section of a cornice that broke and the slope it fell down onto seemed to propagate a few inches down as well. The majority of the debris was from the cornice.
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Cornice fall
Trigger
Snowboarder
Trigger Modifier
c-A controlled or intentional release by the indicated trigger
R size
1
D size
2
Problem Type
Cornice Fall
Slab Width
25.00ft
Snow Observation Source
Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year