Many natural wet slides at Bridger Bowl

Bridger Bowl
Bridger Range
Code
WL-N-R2-D2-O
Elevation
8000
Aspect
E
Latitude
45.81560
Longitude
-110.92300
Notes

Bridger Bowl ski patrol reported five natural wet avalanches that occurred in closed terrain. Many were D1-D1.5, one was R2-D2.

A small natural out of the sunnyside of lower Job 3... at 12.30pm.

[around 1:30pm] a small natural (similar in size to the Job 3 release) ran out of Baldwins Bad Idea Butress and put a very small pile on the North Bowl Road.

A small natural ran out of LeMons around 3pm, and the High-T fence between tight squeeze and never never land cliffs was taken 300ft downhill by a 2' deep wet slide release around that time.

A larger natural R2D2 ran out of Catch and Release late afternoon that left a medium sized pile of debris in Bridger Gully above the Bears.

Number of slides
5
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Wet loose-snow avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
2
D size
2
Bed Surface
O - Old snow
Problem Type
Wet Snow
Slab Thickness
24.0 inches
Vertical Fall
400ft
Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Multiple Avalanches
Advisory Year