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Location Name: bmbc Observation date: Friday, March 4, 2022 - 13:00	Is this an Avalanche Observation: Yes

Observation made by: Public

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Snowpack, Avalanche, Weather Images:

Travel Details

Region:

Whitefish Range - Southern (south of Coal Creek)

Route Description:

Ghoulie pt etc

Activity:

Skiing

Snowboarding

Snowpack Details

Snowpack and Weather Details:

Terrain

Elevation of observation:

5000-6500 ft

Aspect(s) of observation:

Red Flags:

Avalanches from the past 2 days

Rapid or prolonged warming

Persistent Weak Layers:

Buried

More comments about the snowpack and weather:

Snow stayed mostly dry until afternoon when sun busted thru and started to form a faint crust/moisten on solar aspects. Dug thru dry snow from past couple days and found denser, wet snow surrounding a thick crust maybe 30 cm down.

Blowing Snow:

None

Wind Speed:

Light (Twigs in motion)

Air temperature:

Above Freezing

Snow line:

4000

Sky Cover:

Mostly Cloudy (BRK)

Highest Precipitation Rate:

Light Snowfall (S1)

Avalanche Details

Avalanche Details:

Date and Time of Avalanche:

Friday, March 4, 2022 - 04:15

Number of avalanches:

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Failure Plane/Weak Layer:

Within storm snow

More information or comments about the avalanche:

Rough estimate on all characteristics except aspect and type. Could be wind slab as there were signs of cross loading on chutes nearby.

Trigger

Trigger:

natural

Terrain

Aspect:

South

Starting Elevation:

near-treeline

Size

Destructive Size:

D1.5

Relative Size:

R2 Small

Crown Height:

Less than 1 ft

Avalanche Length (Vertical Run):

30ft.

Avalanche Width (Average width):

10ft.

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