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<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Human triggered avalanches are likely today. New snow will make it easier to trigger avalanches, but be especially heads up because even before this new snow started to fall, we were seeing avalanches triggered days after the last loading event. Yesterday, a rider in Island Park triggered an avalanche and was partially buried while riding solo, but was thankfully able to eventually dig himself out unharmed (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/30469"><span><span><span><strong><span…;). Earlier this week, near Cooke City, an avalanche was triggered on Daisy Pass (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/30425"><span><span><span><strong><span…;), ice climbers approaching a climb triggered a large slide from 150 feet away (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.mtavalanche.com/node/30408"><span><span><span><strong><span>…;) and a rider was partially buried near Round Lake (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/cn0lR8XMzl4"><span><span><span><strong><span><u><span>…;).</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>This season’s snowpack is unusually weak. Every time it’s snowed even a couple inches things have become very touchy and we’ve seen avalanches being easily triggered from hundreds of feet away and breaking widely. Expect the same today. I wouldn’t be surprised to see avalanches breaking naturally. Keep things simple today - avoid all steep slopes and be cautious passing beneath them because you could trigger a slide from below.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The danger will rise as snow falls today. The more snow that accumulates, the more dangerous conditions will become. The avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In the Bridger Range, it has snowed less than elsewhere so far and it is expected to get a little less snowfall today. This means that human triggered avalanches are a little less likely in the Bridgers. Don’t misread this as saying conditions are safe. Triggering big slab avalanches is still a possibility. This skier triggered slide on Saddle Peak (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/30161"><span><span><span><strong><span…;) from a couple weeks ago that ran 1400 vertical feet over rocks and cliffs is the sort of avalanche you could trigger today and should consider before getting onto steep slopes.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Today, your reasonable options include either continuing to avoid slopes steeper than 30 degrees, or carefully assessing the snowpack, watching for signs of instability, and considering the consequences of triggering a slide before riding in avalanche terrain.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The avalanche danger is MODERATE today. If it starts snowing harder than expected, the danger will quickly rise to CONSIDERABLE.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>