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Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Fri Nov 1, 2019
Small wind slab triggered in Hyalite
Dave Zinn triggered a small wind slab off the ridge on Mt. Blackmore.
Shooting Cracks at Bridger Bowl
Went for a midday skin up Thunder Road during the maelstrom today. It was blowing gale force, mostly from the south but seemingly from all directions at times...here’s a pic from a north facing slope below Thunder Road, about midway up PK. We saw a few more shooting cracks in the flats below the top of PK, and the surface wind slab where this photo was taken was ~10 cm.
From an email, "...here’s a pic from a north facing slope below Thunder Road, about midway up PK. We saw a few more shooting cracks in the flats below the top of PK, and the surface wind slab where this photo was taken was ~10 cm."
Photo: J. Boulange
We found sensitive wind slabs near ridgelines on Mt. Blackmore and evidence of recent cross-loading. Photo: GNFAC
Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Fri Nov 1, 2019
Natural avalanches in Hyalite
A skier in Hyalite wrote, "Natural activity that I observed was failing at new/old interface and (generally) occurred in predictable, wind loaded locations near ridge lines. The one exception is the avalanche with the freshest debris; looks like it failed right at the end of the storm in a somewhat sheltered, mid-slope location." Photo: B. VandenBos