Avalanche

Grand Targhee

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Quick report

These are obs from the last two days. Yesterday we triggered some pockets in our closed terrain during mitigation work that stepped down to what we believe is the Dec 8 drought layer. The slides were all D 1.5 and below yesterday. Additionally, off of the backside of Fred's we observed a slide in Mormon drop (east facing ~9800') that also looks to have stepped down to the December drought layer as well, R2D2.5. Today during mitigation we triggered a slide, also in a permanently closed area (just outside of "the A", NE facing, ~9500') that has more snow, that also stepped down to what we presume is that same layer, with crown heights estimated, 3-5'+ deep and 150'+ wide.

Weather

Cloud Cover
obscured

Avalanche

Size
D2.5 R2
Type
HS
Aspect
NE
Trigger
AE
Elevation
9600 ft

It was a 2 pounder that was tossed into a zone that we put charges near but not always in that spot.