Northern Gallatin
From BSSP: " Also saw a large slide on one of the far ridges of Cedar that was not there yesterday and appears to be cornice triggered."
Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Sun Feb 2, 2020GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Mon Feb 3, 2020
Natural avalanche in wind-loaded snow near Mt Bole, Hyalite
From an observation: "We were up on the ridge off Palace Butte and saw this recent natural released slide. Crown was big in spots. Must have happened sometime over night or in the morning (1/29 or 1/30) perhaps from the recent wind loading. East, southeast facing, on the peak north of MT Bole."
From an observation: "We were up on the ridge off Palace Butte and saw this recent natural released slide. Crown was big in spots. Must have happened sometime over night or in the morning (1/29 or 1/30) perhaps from the recent wind loading. East, southeast facing, on the peak north of MT Bole." Photo: A. Schrier
From an observation: "We were up on the ridge off Palace Butte and saw this recent natural released slide. Crown was big in spots. Must have happened sometime over night or in the morning (1/29 or 1/30) perhaps from the recent wind loading. East, southeast facing, on the peak north of MT Bole." Photo: A. Schrier
Small Wind Slab on Mt. Blackmore
Snow picked up at Mt. Blackmore with calm to light winds. Someone up there before us pulled out a small wind loaded pocket on the face leaving the basin.
Snow picked up at Mt. Blackmore with calm to light winds. Someone up there before us pulled out a small wind loaded pocket on the face leaving the basin. Photo: S Jonas
The 10' deep avalanche in 2nd Yellowmule is almost completely filled in now. In its place are massive cornices overhanging the slope. Give these beasts a lot of extra room as they can break back far from the edge. Photo: GNFAC
Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Wed Jan 29, 2020
Ian Hoyer stands in a snowpit in Beehive Basin. Avalanches are getting harder to trigger, but in more shallow areas we are still finding a poor snowpack structure. The stability test scores are climbing higher, but still propagating and we did not ski the adjacent slope. Photo: GNFAC