Avalanche Activity
L-N-R2-D1.5-G
Elevation: 8,000
Aspect: NE
Coordinates: 45.8156, -110.9230
Caught: 0 ; Buried: 0
On 20241107 I observed a small natural avalanche from the top of the PK lift at Bridger Bowl. The slide occurred near the Slushman’s lift on a NNE aspect. It started as a small release in the upper start zone and entrained much of the snow in the couloir down to the ground. L-N-D1.5- G.
Avalanche occurred after the start zone had come into the sun for a few minutes. The rest of the path was in the shade.
Wind speed at 11am 24mph gusting to 28mph on Bridger Ridge. Sky Clear. Temp 26F.
It was a relatively small slide but had enough power to carry a skier or rider through some very nasty terrain. Similar aspect and elevation to the Super Couloir slide.
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SS-N-R1-D1-G
Elevation: 9,400
Aspect: N
Coordinates: 45.9043, -110.9580
Caught: 0 ; Buried: 0
From obs: "I made it up to an old crown in a north-facing chute around Fairy Lake at around 9400 ft; it broke the night of 11/6 or the morning of 11/7. It looked like a wind slab that broke on a rotten layer of facets intermixed with scree. Found facets to be fairly widespread through the bottom of the snowpack on the north-facing slopes and surface hoar on most nonsolar slopes."
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Coordinates: 45.8156, -110.9230
Caught: 0 ; Buried: 0
From IG message: "Hey the post of super jogged my memory to send you this, a friend and I had whumpfing and cracks while skinning up the trees in the apron yesterday [11/6], we dug a pit and got an ect 4 collapse against the rocks. We were about halfway up the apron when we took this."
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L-N-R1-D1.5
Elevation: 8,000
Aspect: E
Coordinates: 45.7869, -110.9350
Caught: 0 ; Buried: 0
From obs 11/6/24: "Saw debris from several small natural avalanches below the ridge on an east aspect south of saddle peak while driving up to bridger. Most looked like point releases but there was one that might have been a small slab. Unsure because the light wasn't right to tell if there was a crown.
We stayed low but found a pretty uniform snowpack other than a couple of spots with sun crusts.
There was also tons of snow blowing over the ridge when we left around 3pm."
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SS-ASu-R2-D2-O
Elevation: 8,100
Aspect: NE
Coordinates: 45.8156, -110.9230
Caught: 0 ; Buried: 0
From IG Message: “Hey guys - my partner broke off a small avalanche in super couloir today… broke full depth across half the couloir, 2-3’ deep/20’ wide and looked like it ran around 500’. No one was caught. He might message you with pictures too but here’s a video from the top”
From IG Message: “Skier triggered Pocket in super couloir. Wasn't very unexpected, the skiers left side felt a little slabbier than the skiers right and tried to stay off it but got blinded by a sick face shot. Triggered going over a sharky rock spot, not very fast moving and easy to ski out of. Snow depth was 2-2.5 feet”
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Elevation: 9,400
Aspect: E
Coordinates: 45.3029, -110.6350
Caught: 0 ; Buried: 0
Avalanche observed on Chico Baldy above Mill Creek in Paradise Valley. East aspect at about 9400'. Possibly a wind slab but hard to tell
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HS-AF-R2-D1-I
Elevation: 9,600
Aspect: NW
Coordinates: 45.1582, -111.4770
Caught: 0 ; Buried: 0
Triggered a small wind slab:
-9600'
-N aspect on the NW ridge of Sphinx Mountain
-Strong SW wind
-Noticed other small crowns, likely triggered from another party traversing the north-facing bowl at similar elevations
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