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Wet Loose Avalanche Between Saddle Peak
Saddle Peak
Bridger Range
Code
WL-AS-R1-D1.5-I
Aspect
E
Latitude
45.79430
Longitude
-110.93600
Notes
Heavy, wet slide of recent snow released while skiing off South Saddle.
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Wet loose-snow avalanche
Trigger
Skier
R size
1
D size
1.5
Bed Surface
I - Interface between new and old snow
Problem Type
Loose Wet
Snow Observation Source
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year
Heavy, wet slide of recent snow released while skiing off South Saddle. The photo is from South Central. Photo: E. Volk
Avalanche Details: Wet Loose Avalanche Between Saddle Peak
Bridger Range, 2025-03-31
Heavy, wet slide of recent snow released while skiing off South Saddle. The photo is from South Central. Photo: E. Volk
Avalanche Details: Wet Loose Avalanche Between Saddle Peak
Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Tue Apr 1, 2025
Bridger Range, 2025-03-31
Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Tue Apr 1, 2025
Heavy wet slough
Date
Activity
Skiing
Heavy, wet slide of recent snow released while skiing off South Saddle. Photo is from South Central.
Region
Bridger Range
Location (from list)
Saddle Peak
Observer Name
EV
Winter again in middle
Date
Activity
Skiing
Winter conditions in middle basin. Cracking in wind drifted pockets at the top of bat ears couloir and at the top of middle peak. Snowing hard all afternoon nearly filling in our skin track by the time we exited.
Region
Northern Madison
Location (from list)
Middle Basin
Observer Name
Charlie Bayles
Point releases, wet loose in Beehive/Middle Basin
Beehive Basin
Northern Madison
Code
WL-N-R1-D1.5
Latitude
45.34070
Longitude
-111.39100
Notes
Toured around Beehive and Middle Basins this morning, finding predictably bulletproof snow on most aspects but decent turns aided by the 2-4 inches of snow from last night on northerly terrain that hadn’t been destroyed by the sun this week. There were a few brief moments of direct sun throughout the morning, which almost instantaneously triggered point releases from steeper rocky terrain. On the way back through Beehive we observed some much larger debris piles that weren’t there this morning from the steel rocky face between the Going Home chute and the prayer flags.
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Wet loose-snow avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
1
D size
1.5
Problem Type
Loose Wet
Snow Observation Source
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Multiple Avalanches
Advisory Year
Dry Loose near Fairy Lake
Fairy Lake
Bridger Range
Code
L-AS-R1-D1.5-S
Elevation
8400
Latitude
45.90430
Longitude
-110.95800
Notes
Skied the north chutes above fairy lake around 8,400 ft. Found 8-12" of new snow, with the bottom 2" consisting of large graupel. In steep terrain our sluff entrained lots of snow making for some large debris piles. Overall the snow was generally well bonded.
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Loose-snow avalanche
Trigger
Skier
R size
1
D size
1.5
Bed Surface
S - Avalanche released within new snow
Problem Type
Loose Dry
Images
Snow Observation Source
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year
Transition to Spring in the Centennials
Date
Activity
Skiing
Skied Hellroaring Hut in the Centennials from Friday Mar 28 through Mon Mar 31.
Skied and observed all aspects between 7700' and 10,200' in the vicinity of Mt Jefferson and Reas Peak.
We had good visibility for three days and saw no signs of slab avalanches; no whumphing or cracking; and no signs of blowing or drifting snow (prior to new snow arriving today (Mar 31) snow surface was locked up with solid melt-freeze crusts on all aspects and elevations).
Snow surface starting to show meltwater runnels on S through E aspects below 9000'.
Test pits on N and S aspects at 9100' revealed moist snow under melt-freeze crusts (3" thick breakable crust on N aspects; 10" thick stout crust on S aspects) and no identifiable layers of concern in the upper 130 cm of the snowpack. HS 165 cm on S aspect at 9100' and HS 260 cm on N aspect at 9100'.
We observed pinwheels and predictable wet loose avalanches (D1 to D1.5) on solar aspects above 8000' on Fri and Sat.
Snow started this morning (3/31) and 2.5" of new snow had accumulated when we left at 11:00 a.m. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the south today.
Region
Island Park
Location (from list)
Hellroaring Creek
Observer Name
Alloway
Shooting cracks and wet loose slides
Date
Activity
Snowboarding
Shooting cracks in wind drifted snow on the northwest side of Miller Ridge, and wet loose slides on the southeast side. Very variable out there.
Region
Cooke City
Location (from list)
Miller Ridge
Observer Name
Noah Mattes