Northern Gallatin
Small Natural storm snow avalanches in Gallatin Canyon
On the drive to Buck Ridge there were widespread 4-6" deep natural slab avalanches in the storm snow on steep slopes, road cuts and river cuts. Some broke "on the ground", where it was bare ground two days ago. This is some evidence of the upside down nature of this storm.
Human triggered and natural on Buck Ridge
We triggered an avalanche in the second Yellow Mule off Buck Ridge on 2/6/2020. It is on a small roll/cornice "in the flats". It broke within the current 2-3' storm snow,18-24" deep.
We also saw a couple natural avalanche crowns 10-18" deep lower down the drainage. I'm sure there were a ton more crowns there, and probably everywhere. through the forecast area. Visibility was limited to 50-100'.
We triggered this avalanche in the second Yellow Mule off Buck Ridge on 2/6/2020 It is on a small roll/cornice "in the flats". It broke within the current 2-3' storm snow. Photo: GNFAC
Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Fri Feb 7, 2020
A snowmobiler triggered this avalanche in the second Yellow Mule off Buck Ridge on 2/6/2020 It is on a small roll/cornice "in the flats". It broke within the current 2-3' storm snow. Photo: GNFAC
Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Fri Feb 7, 2020
We saw this natural crown that broke within the current 2-3' storm on a small terrain feature. It is in the second Yellow Mule off Buck Ridge on 2/6/2020. Photo: GNFAC
Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Fri Feb 7, 2020GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Sat Feb 8, 2020