Northern Gallatin
Great skiing. Dry loose. No concerning ECT results
Date
Activity
Skiing
Dug a pit and did a ECT. Stayed off of wind-loaded slopes and found phenomenal skiing. On very steep pitches we found some dry loose activity.
We found 175cm of snow
ECTX4@ 168cm
ECTX24@105cm
35 degree slope. 7150 ft
North facing - 10 degrees
Region
Northern Gallatin
Location (from list)
Storm Castle
Observer Name
T. Goodman
Small Wind Slab avalanche, Blackmore
Mt Blackmore
Northern Gallatin
Code
SS-R1-D1-I
Elevation
8800
Aspect
N
Latitude
45.44440
Longitude
-111.00400
Notes
On Sunday, skiers passed a small natural wind slab avalanche on the way down Blackmore that they didn’t see on the way up.
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
R size
1
D size
1
Bed Surface
I - Interface between new and old snow
Problem Type
Wind Slab
Vertical Fall
100ft
Slab Width
75.00ft
Snow Observation Source
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year
This small wind slab avalanche failed on Mt Blackmore on Sunday. Photo: C Rendeiro
Avalanche Details: Small Wind Slab avalanche, Blackmore
Northern Gallatin, 2025-03-18
Debris pile from a small wind slab avalanche on Mt Blackmore. Photo: C Rendeiro
Avalanche Details: Small Wind Slab avalanche, Blackmore
Northern Gallatin, 2025-03-18
Small windslab avalanche
Date
Activity
Skiing
Passed a small natural windslab slide on the way down Blackmore that we didn’t see on the way up.
Region
Northern Gallatin
Location (from list)
Mt Blackmore
Observer Name
Chris Rendeiro
New Snow at Storm Castle
Date
Activity
Skiing
Snowboarding
Snowmobiling
Not much snow on storm castle road until 5500 feet, started snowing at about 6500 feet, wind didn’t start blowing from the south until after 12:00pm Got CT5 on a layer buried 8cm on a North facing slope at about 7200 feet, Another layer broke after just above the ground at CT23. Snow depth was 110 mm.
Region
Northern Gallatin
Location (from list)
Storm Castle
Observer Name
R. Bechtold