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A slide in Watkins Creek broke across three avalanche paths/gully features and was one of the larger slides we've seen this season, looking to have piled up debris 10+ ft deep. Looks to have broken in the last 24 hours. 1/26/24 Photo: GNFAC

Avalanche that looks to have been remotely triggered at Lionhead in the last 24 hours. 1/26/24 Photo: GNFAC

Avalanche that looks to have been remotely triggered at Lionhead in the last 24 hours. 1/26/24 Photo: GNFAC

1/26/24 Photo: GNFAC

Another photo of an avalanche that happened on 01/24. Photo L. Forvilly

Another photo of an avalanche that happened on 01/24. Photo L. Forvilly

From obs: "Looks like a natural slide on the SW face of Crown Butte/ Bull of the Woods pass. Spoke with some skiers that thought it slide morning of 01/25/2024." Photo: D. Green

More avalanche activity seen in Cooke City. This avalanche is fairly recent and likely happened yesterday 01/25. Slide right off groomed trail near Chimney Rock Photo: D. Green

From email: "A friend and I were riding in lower Tepee today, staying on low angle terrain because of the current avalanche conditions. When side hilling on a 24 degree slope, I saw cracks shoot out approximately 100 feet around me. It was a smaller slope, but things are still pretty sensitive. This was a north facing slope in a valley that shouldn’t have been too wind loaded. " Photo: J. Norlander

From email: "A friend and I were riding in lower Tepee today, staying on low angle terrain because of the current avalanche conditions. When side hilling on a 24 degree slope, I saw cracks shoot out approximately 100 feet around me. It was a smaller slope, but things are still pretty sensitive. This was a north facing slope in a valley that shouldn’t have been too wind loaded. " Photo: J. Norlander

Skiers triggered several small avalanches while skiing near the zimmer creek yurt. 

From email: "Also remote triggered a few D1 avalanches over the past 2 days. Continous cracking/collapsing even in a day old skin track. "

Photo: G. Roe

Photos from today (1/25/24).  This avalanche looks to of happened in the 48 hours.  Photo: B. Fredlund

From obs: "The location is the knoll under the Saddle Peak cliff that can be accessed by traversing through the southern boundary gate from Bridger Bowl. The slide propagated on a NE aspect going into a gully. The crown looked to be 1-2 feet tall with an approximate width of 30 feet. There are numerous tracks that go in and out of the slide path, but could not tell if it was triggered by a skier. A friend who I was with said that the slide had not been there the day before." 

From obs: "The location is the knoll under the Saddle Peak cliff that can be accessed by traversing through the southern boundary gate from Bridger Bowl. The slide propagated on a NE aspect going into a gully. The crown looked to be 1-2 feet tall with an approximate width of 30 feet. There are numerous tracks that go in and out of the slide path, but could not tell if it was triggered by a skier. A friend who I was with said that the slide had not been there the day before." 

From obs: "The location is the knoll under the Saddle Peak cliff that can be accessed by traversing through the southern boundary gate from Bridger Bowl. The slide propagated on a NE aspect going into a gully. The crown looked to be 1-2 feet tall with an approximate width of 30 feet. There are numerous tracks that go in and out of the slide path, but could not tell if it was triggered by a skier. A friend who I was with said that the slide had not been there the day before." 

From ob submitted on 01/25: Skiers on 01/23 remotely triggered an avalanche from above while riding along the ridgeline, marked with the red x. Photo taken in the valley after skiing low-angle terrain. Photo: A. Schield

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Photos from today (1/24/24).  A couple of these slides look to be fresh in the last 48 hrs.Photo: B. Fredlund