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Skiers triggered several small avalanches while skiing near the zimmer creek yurt. 

From email: "Also remote triggered a few D1 avalanches over the past 2 days. Continous cracking/collapsing even in a day old skin track. "

Photo: G. Roe

Photos from today (1/25/24).  This avalanche looks to of happened in the 48 hours.  Photo: B. Fredlund

From obs: "The location is the knoll under the Saddle Peak cliff that can be accessed by traversing through the southern boundary gate from Bridger Bowl. The slide propagated on a NE aspect going into a gully. The crown looked to be 1-2 feet tall with an approximate width of 30 feet. There are numerous tracks that go in and out of the slide path, but could not tell if it was triggered by a skier. A friend who I was with said that the slide had not been there the day before." 

From obs: "The location is the knoll under the Saddle Peak cliff that can be accessed by traversing through the southern boundary gate from Bridger Bowl. The slide propagated on a NE aspect going into a gully. The crown looked to be 1-2 feet tall with an approximate width of 30 feet. There are numerous tracks that go in and out of the slide path, but could not tell if it was triggered by a skier. A friend who I was with said that the slide had not been there the day before." 

From obs: "The location is the knoll under the Saddle Peak cliff that can be accessed by traversing through the southern boundary gate from Bridger Bowl. The slide propagated on a NE aspect going into a gully. The crown looked to be 1-2 feet tall with an approximate width of 30 feet. There are numerous tracks that go in and out of the slide path, but could not tell if it was triggered by a skier. A friend who I was with said that the slide had not been there the day before." 

From ob submitted on 01/25: Skiers on 01/23 remotely triggered an avalanche from above while riding along the ridgeline, marked with the red x. Photo taken in the valley after skiing low-angle terrain. Photo: A. Schield

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Photos from today (1/24/24).  A couple of these slides look to be fresh in the last 48 hrs.Photo: B. Fredlund

Photos from today (1/24/24).  A couple of these slides look to be fresh in the last 48 hrs.Photo: B. Fredlund

Photos from today (1/24/24).  A couple of these slides look to be fresh in the last 48 hrs.Photo: B. Fredlund

Photos from today (1/24/24).  A couple of these slides look to be fresh in the last 48 hrs.Photo: B. Fredlund

Blue X marks the location of a snowmobiler who was buried by an avalanche on Jan. 20th. The victim was uncovered and transported to medical care. 

From Obs: "The snow depth at the crown was 60 inches deep, with one wind slab sitting on another on facets, and at the toe of the slope the snow depth was less than 20 inches deep.  The fracture traveled roughly 800 feet in and around the larch trees near the top of the slope and it deposited debris in 3 different run outs."

The crown of an avalanche that was triggered yesterday, 01/23, by a skier testing the slope from low-angle terrain above. Photo. T. Grande

A skier saw an avalanche on the south side of Henderson Mountain that appeared to be within the last 24 hours. The trigger was unknown but a party of snowmobilers was seen riding near the slope. 200 feet across and 4 feet deep in the thickest spot. Photo: J. Mundt 

A skier saw an avalanche on the south side of Henderson Mountain that appeared to be within the last 24 hours. The trigger was unknown but a party of snowmobilers was seen riding near the slope. 200 feet across and 4 feet deep in the thickest spot. Photo: J. Mundt 

From obs: "This avalanche is old and likely happened a few days ago near the end of the last storm on 01/20. NE facing slope at ~8500 feet." Photo: GNFAC

From email: "AAI Pro 1 course to Beehive Basin. One of the students stomped on a lower angle slope directly above a large test slope. On the second stomp the slope released. West aspect at about 8000'. SS-ASc-R3-D1.5-O" Photo: N. Hance

From email: "AAI Pro 1 course to Beehive Basin. One of the students stomped on a lower angle slope directly above a large test slope. On the second stomp the slope released. West aspect at about 8000'. SS-ASc-R3-D1.5-O" Photo: N. Hance