Wet Loose Avalanche on Scoot Shoots

Location Name: 
Whitefish Range
Observation date: 
Sunday, January 23, 2022 - 14:15

Is this an Avalanche Observation: 
Yes
Observation made by: Public

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Quick Observation

Skiing with ladies in the Avi 1 course with Teal Gayner as our lead instructor for the day.

11:30-Looking across canyon creek while skinning southwest on the ridgeline from flower point saddle over to Goulies/Old Man Bowl we observed snowmobile high point tracks 1/2 way up the scoot shoots, along with some skier tracks in other shoots. We observed cross loading and pillows in the shoots.

2:15 we were headed back along the same ridgeline and notice many wet avalanche point releases in the upper 1/2 of the shoots almost reaching the snowmobilers high point. approx 5800-6500 ft

Travel Details
Region: 
Whitefish Range - Southern (south of Coal Creek)
Activity: 
Skiing
Avalanche Details
Avalanche Details: 
Date and Time of Avalanche: 
Sunday, January 23, 2022 - 14:00
Number of avalanches: 
5
Avalanche Type: 
Wet Loose
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Trigger: 
natural
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Aspect: 
Southwest
Starting Elevation: 
near-treeline
Avalanche Location: 
BESbswy