Northern Gallatin

From obs: "I traversed the Bridger range yesterday (4/28/21). The alpine start was good and solid but I saw lots of recent avalanches that looked super wet, some that had broken a couple feet deep. Conditions were pretty stable until about 1300 when that most recent snow layer started to really want to slide on the crust. Once I was in the meadows between Baldy and the M, at about 1400, I started hearing/feeling really wet "whumps". Photo: J. Harrison

Bridger Range, 2021-04-30

From obs: "I traversed the Bridger range yesterday (4/28/21). The alpine start was good and solid but I saw lots of recent avalanches that looked super wet, some that had broken a couple feet deep. Conditions were pretty stable until about 1300 when that most recent snow layer started to really want to slide on the crust. Once I was in the meadows between Baldy and the M, at about 1400, I started hearing/feeling really wet "whumps". Photo: J. Harrison

Bridger Range, 2021-04-30

From obs 4/28/21: "Observed numerous natural wet loose slides probably occurring over the past 48 hours on NW-W-S aspects mid-elevation. Point releases from rock bands and couloirs shedding. Photo for example, which shows W facing bowl with slides visible from US-89 in Paradise Valley. These are between 8500’ and 9500’ on an unnamed peak just northeast of Dexter Point." Photo: T. Benson

Out of Advisory Area, 2021-04-29

Natural new snow avalanches at Bridger and N. Madison

Bridger Bowl
Bridger Range
Code
SS-N-R1-D1.5-I
Elevation
8500
Aspect
NE
Latitude
45.81560
Longitude
-110.92300
Number of slides
4
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
1
D size
1.5
Bed Surface
I - Interface between new and old snow
Problem Type
New Snow
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Multiple Avalanches
Advisory Year

From obs (4/18/21): "...class split and dug three pits, one on NE, one on N, and one on NW at 7623'. HS averaged around 70 - 100 cms... The NE and NW facing pits showed rounding depth hoar and no sudden CT results. None of the ECTs fractured or propagated. The N facing slope still had preserved advanced depth hoar 3 mm in size (see image)..." Photo: J. Quinn

Northern Madison, 2021-04-18

Natural wind slabs in Absaroka

Other place
Out of Advisory Area
Code
SS-N-R1-D1
Aspect
NE
Latitude
45.49590
Longitude
-110.44900
Notes

From obs 4/9/21: "we saw widespread natural wind slabs on N-NE eastern slopes in the Northern Absarokas (photo)...."

Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
1
D size
1
Problem Type
Wind-Drifted Snow
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Multiple Avalanches
Advisory Year

From obs 4/9/21: "...we saw widespread natural wind slabs on N-NE eastern slopes in the Northern Absarokas (photo). Winds increased throughout the morning, and evidence of wind transport became more apparent at higher elevations. We found that on aspects unaffected by wind loading, the new snow layer was not cohesive and only saw minor sluffing." Photo: E. Schreier

Out of Advisory Area, 2021-04-10

Collapse in wet snow near Cooke

Miller Ridge
Cooke City
Code
Elevation
9000
Aspect
S
Latitude
45.04230
Longitude
-109.96500
Notes

Skiers had a collapse which made this crack on a south facing slope with a shallower, wet snowpack around 9,000' near Cooke City.

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Problem Type
Wet Snow
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year