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<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Avalanche conditions are dangerous, and large, human-triggered avalanches are likely. We have echoed these phrases for the last two months, and it remains important to stay diligent with conservative terrain choices and careful route finding.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>See the </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/avalanche-activity"><span><span><span><stro… Log</span></span></u></span></strong></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span> for a comprehensive review of the long list of avalanche activity from the weekend. Many recent avalanches have been the largest of the season, and some are among the largest we have ever seen on those slopes. Yesterday skiers in Hyalite saw an avalanche that broke thousands of feet wide across an entire basin (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/31194"><span><span><span><strong><span…;). Near Cooke City, on Saturday riders watched an avalanche on Henderson Mtn which broke 1000’ wide and ran far into the runout covering multiple fresh snowmobile tracks (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/31157"><span><span><span><strong><span…;, </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/images/24/avalanche-henderson-mountain-3"><…;), and yesterday we received photos of big avalanches along the highway 212 snowmobile trail (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/31191"><span><span><span><strong><span…;) and near Wolverine Peak (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/31199"><span><span><span><strong><span…;).&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Ian and I rode in Tepee Basin on Saturday and saw two recent avalanches that broke 1-2 feet deep (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byHpBRxx8J8&amp;list=PLXu5151nmAvSH326z…;). Yesterday I went to the northern Bridgers and saw a lot of small slabs and loose snow avalanches in the new snow (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/images/24/loose-snow-slides-throne-0"><span…;), and saw two slides that were 2-3’ deep and a couple hundred feet wide (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/images/24/natural-avalanche-south-naya-nuki…;, </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/images/24/natural-avalanche-ross-peak-0"><s…;).</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Avalanches were also seen in the northern Gallatin Range (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/31154"><span><span><span><strong><span…;, </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/images/24/rider-triggered-new-snow-slab-030…;), Bacon Rind (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/31132"><span><span><span><strong><span…;), Lionhead (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/31112"><span><span><span><strong><span…;), and Beehive (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/31177"><span><span><span><strong><span…;) over the weekend. Skiers outside the advisory area remotely triggered a slide while ascending a low angle ridgeline above the slope (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/31185"><span><span><span><strong><span…; </span></span></strong></span></span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/10mS4ZRTZhY?feature=shared"><span><span><span><strong>…;), and skiers in Hyalite had many whumphs and long shooting cracks (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/node/31161"><span><span><span><strong><span…;).</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Since Thursday 1.5-3 feet of snow equal to 2.1-3.2” of </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://avalanche.org/avalanche-encyclopedia/snowpack/snowpack-observat… water equivalent</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span> (SWE) fell, and over the last week 3-5 feet fell, with the highest amounts near Island Park and Cooke City (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/weather/wx-avalanche-log"><span><span><span… log</span></span></u></span></strong></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span>). Yesterday morning in the Bridger Range a rapid storm deposited 15-20” of snow over 6-7 hours (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bOHsGISbjQ&amp;list=PLXu5151nmAvSH326z…;). Avalanches can break within or below the recent snow, especially where the wind formed thicker drifts. Additionally, very large avalanches can break on weak snow near the bottom of the snowpack, or on weak layers buried 2-4’ deep below snow from the past week.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>With recent snow and multiple widespread buried weak layers making complex snowpack stability, travel advice is to simply avoid slopes steeper than 30 degrees and flatter runout zones below. Now is not a time to outsmart the snowpack and attempt to find stable, steep slopes. Human triggered avalanches are likely and avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>