Lawine

Bridger Bowl Ski Area (currently closed, open to backcountry skiing)

Andrea BruckmeierBridger Range
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Quick report

The winds were blowing today and transporting a lot of snow, especially near the ridge lines (picture from Saddle Peak).
Also in lower and mid elevations the wind was blowing and moving snow. It helped to keep the temperatures a little bit colder and delay the melt onset.

At 9:30am, I started to notice the first wet loose avalanches rolling down into South Bowl. They started small, but entrained quickly a lot of snow becoming large enough to burry a skier or snowboarder.
In the area of Slushman's Ravine, I noticed a few small dry loose and storm slabs from yesterday. 
From Bridger Canyon Road, I noticed debirs and loose (not sure if wet or dry) activity in Mundy's Bowl, as well as further south in Argentina Bowl. Near Bridger Peak, it looked like a cornice had failed, probably already yesterday.

At Pierre's Knob, I measured about 3-4ft (~100cm) total snow depth on a south east aspect, of which 1.5 feet where new snow. The Extended Column Test didn't show propagation, but a few cracks were initiated within the new snow (ECTN14, ECT16, ECTN21).
At 10 am, the new snow was starting to get heavy and skied well as "hot pow". 

Avalanche

Size
D1.5
Count
3
Aspect
NE
Trigger
N
Elevation
8000 ft

Lots of recent avalanche activity: - small wind slab on Saddle Peak - many dry loose and small storm slabs from yesterday in steep terrain/around cliffs from yesterday along the ridge - lots of wet loose avalanches starting at ~10am in steep terrain along the ridge