Photos

Small loose snow avalanches on Henderson Moutain following a storm on 01/04. Photo: J. Padilla

Doug Chabot (expert sage brush forecaster) reported that the sagebrush danger is rated HIGH in the meadows below Bacon Rind. The danger of downed trees blocking the skin track is CONSIDERABLE at low elevations; cautious route-finding is essential :-). Photo: GNFAC

Doug scoops up the feathers of surface hoar crystals at Bacon Rind. Photo: GNFAC

Big feathers of surface hoar on all slopes at Bacon Rind. Photo: GNFAC

A skier in Bear Basin intentionally pushed a loose snow avalanche downhill. The avalanche consisted entirely of unconsolidated facets. Photo: N. Davies

The snowpack in Beehive Basin was thin, a maximum of two feet deep, and it had entirely transformed into piles of weak facets. Photo: GNFAC

Natural Avalanches in Jardine, likely occurred last week 12/26. Photo: O. Dalling 

Alex Marienthal getting ready to continue snowmobiling around Cooke City on the north side of Sheep Mountain. Photo: GNFAC

From obs: "I experienced a large, audible collapse and shooting cracks in a 10ft radius around me" Photo: Anonymous 

Travel conditions remain questionable at the Throne. Photo: GNFAC

Monday or Tuesday, a small natural avalanche released when strong winds stripped and loaded slopes at all elevations. Photo: GNFAC

Ian Hoyer puts up the weather station in Taylor Fork. Photo: GNFAC

Ian Hoyer stands in a 60 cm deep snowpit near Sunlight Basin, Taylor Fork. Photo: GNFAC

From obs on 12/25: "I veered off the existing skin track and experienced a sizeable collapse on the NE side of the ridge.  I'd estimate the collapse extended roughly 30 feet in either direction.  I continued along this path and experienced one additional collapse." Photo: J. Hobson

Alex Marienthal gets ready to do an ECT in a snowpit off Lionhead Ridge.

Doug Chabot walking off Lionhead Ridge to a snowpit site.

The wind picked up in the Bridger Range and transported snow into unstable drifts. Photo: GNFAC

We triggered a small avalanche on a test slope at the ridgeline of the ramp. Wind was transporting the recent snow into drifts sensitive to human triggers. Photo: GNFAC

We snowmobiled up to 9,000' on Sawtelle peak, then skied to dig a couple pits. Our first pit was on an East aspect on a heavily wind loaded slope. The HS was 130cm (or 4.2 feet). There was 8" of new snow equal to 0.85" SWE, sitting over old consolidated snow that made up a slab over soft, weak facets about 50cm off the ground. We had ECTP24 x2 break on the old weak snow.... Photo: GNFAC

We snowmobiled up to 9,000' on Sawtelle peak on 12/23/23. The snow depth at 8,800' was 3-4 feet. Photo: GNFAC