Northern Gallatin
Loose Wet Avalanches in Hyalite
Hyalite - main fork
Northern Gallatin
Code
Latitude
45.44720
Longitude
-110.96200
Notes
From obs: "Not much snow but I thought it may be worth noting that I saw alot of ice shedding off climbs at unnamed wall today and have heard reports of wet slides coming over climbs in the last couple days"
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Snow Observation Source
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year
Falling jce
Date
Activity
Ice Climbing
Not much snow but I thought it may be worth noting that I saw alot of ice shedding off climbs at unnamed wall today and have heard reports of wet slides coming over climbs in the last couple days
Region
Northern Gallatin
Location (from list)
Hyalite - main fork
Poor structure and natural wet loose in Hyalite
Date
Activity
Ice Climbing
Numerous collapses in any terrain with a non-wind effected snowpack over 70 cm. Recent warm weather leading to settlement of the upper pack and a much denser slab. 3x natural size 1 natural wet loose off palace butte in steep rocky terrain, which happened before noon. Below 8000 feet the snowpack was moist to the ground in the pm.
Region
Northern Gallatin
Location (from list)
Hyalite - main fork
Observer Name
Sam
Thin, warming snowpack in Hyalite
Date
Activity
Skiing
Went for a walk on skis in the low-elevation meadows below Blackmore and Elephant Mountain. Observed roller balls and snow glopping to our skins. Dug on a small NE facing test slope at 7760'. HS 48cm, ECTN12 & CT10 Q3 up 27cm on what looked like an old layer of buried surface hoar. A nice day for a low angle walk.
Region
Northern Gallatin
Location (from list)
Hyalite - main fork
Observer Name
E. Donahue
Blackmore
Date
Activity
Skiing
Went for a tour up to Blackmore today. We observed a few natural slides that released in the past few days. Most had relatively small crowns being 1foot, with crowns around 50 foot and ran short distances. We observed a rather large crown near the Blackmore summer trail just below the saddle that also released naturally and looked to have up to a 4 foot crown.
Region
Northern Gallatin
Location (from list)
Mt Blackmore
Observer Name
Tommy S
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