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Southern Madison, 2023-04-02
Southern Madison, 2023-04-02
Southern Madison, 2023-04-02
Southern Madison, 2023-04-02
Bridger Range, 2023-04-02

From 4/1/23: "...we saw a large natural avalanche above Ainger lake (E-SE facing) that ran from near the top of the ridge itself to propelling debris up, over, and past the lake. The crown ranged from 2-5ft high spanning 400-500ft across the face." Photo: G. Westling

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Bridger Range, 2023-04-02

From 4/1/23: "...we saw a large natural avalanche above Ainger lake (E-SE facing) that ran from near the top of the ridge itself to propelling debris up, over, and past the lake. The crown ranged from 2-5ft high spanning 400-500ft across the face." Photo: G. Westling

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Bridger Range, 2023-04-02

From 4/1/23: "Saw this crown from a distance today. Possibly natural R3-D3 on ESE aspect, likely caused by wind loading. Unsure when it occurred, but crown looked large and debris ran into the flats mowing down some small flag trees. "

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Northern Madison, 2023-04-01

This natural avalanche was observed in the afternoon around 1500. It was not seen earlier in the day and is thought to occurred at some point after 1200. It was seen from a distance on Pioneer mountain. It occurred on an E facing slope around 9600’. Active wind transport was noted on the ridge line above the avalanche. It looked to be around a R3-D2. Photo: R. Freeman

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Northern Gallatin, 2023-04-01

We were snowmobiling up portal creek today near the hidden lakes trailhead and I set off a small slide remotely by riding below a small ridge. The slide was about 3 feet at its crown 30 or 40 feet wide and ran about 40 yards. It just came down to where my track had crossed underneath. Everything was fine and we stayed safe and continued on with our plan and had a nice day.

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Northern Gallatin, 2023-04-01

We were snowmobiling up portal creek today near the hidden lakes trailhead and I set off a small slide remotely by riding below a small ridge. The slide was about 3 feet at its crown 30 or 40 feet wide and ran about 40 yards. It just came down to where my track had crossed underneath. Everything was fine and we stayed safe and continued on with our plan and had a nice day.

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Northern Gallatin, 2023-04-01

We were snowmobiling up portal creek today near the hidden lakes trailhead and I set off a small slide remotely by riding below a small ridge. The slide was about 3 feet at its crown 30 or 40 feet wide and ran about 40 yards. It just came down to where my track had crossed underneath. Everything was fine and we stayed safe and continued on with our plan and had a nice day. 

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Northern Madison, 2023-03-31

**Reporting this from a friend of a friend. Not my photo, nor was I involved.**
 

one skier got caught above large bottom cliff, carried all the way down over cliff to the apron. Said skier walked away completely unharmed. Not buried. 
 

north face of that bowl, near cornrows. 

 

Additional info from BSSP: 

"There was a large, deep slab avalanche snowboard triggered in Lone Lake Cirque this afternoon. The
slide ripped in a secondary start zone below ridgetop, and ran far into the flats, and may have run a

bit uphill, where it encountered the rock glacier moraine in the runout. It looks to be a R4, D2.5."

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Northern Madison, 2023-03-29

From IG:

Think this was a recent natural up buck I saw today. Didn’t get close enough to see but looked like it was a big crown… down low 8900ish SE

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Bridger Range, 2023-03-29
Northern Madison, 2023-03-28

A skier remotely triggered a 1-2' deep slab of wind-drifted snow that broke ~100' wide outside the boundaries of Big Sky Resort. Photo: Anonymous

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Bridger Range, 2023-03-28

We observed evidence of a couple of recent slab avalanches at the throne. Photo: J. Weingarten

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Bridger Range, 2023-03-28

From IG: Battle ridge today/yesterday the 27th. Noticed this and a few other smaller solar releases as well as a couple storm slabs from during the cycle. Sun crust formed rapidly and there was a lot of wind loading in the afternoon. Photo: P Norvell

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Northern Gallatin, 2023-03-27

From obs 3/26/23: "Saw a couple small natural slides breaking in the new snow. The one on the small slope beside the road actually appeared to have broken when a snow bike crossed the top just off the side of the road." Photo: J. Weingarten

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Northern Gallatin, 2023-03-27

From obs 3/26/23: "Saw a couple small natural slides breaking in the new snow.... occurred in the afternoon sometime" Photo: J. Weingarten

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Cooke City, 2023-03-26

Checking the slope angle on the west side of Henderson Mountain outside Cooke City. Selecting terrain less than 30 degrees steep is the most reliable way to avoid avalanches. The most reliable way to know the slope angle, measure it. Photo: GNFAC