Avalanche

Kimmerly Basin

Tyler KitchWhitefish Range
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Quick report

It was a very warm beautiful day and the snow slowly turned from a harder more cohesive state to a mashed potatoes pack on the surface. This avalanche was roughly 150-200 feet or more across its crown and feel nearly 200-300 feet accumulating about 10 feet of balled up snow chunks near the bottom. This depth fades as you go from the deposition zone to the crown.

Avalanche

Size
D2.5 R3
Type
WS
Aspect
E
Elevation
6800 ft

Observed in Kimmerly Basin at nearly its max elevation this avalanche was triggered by the heat and wet snowpack on 3/1/25 just after lunch early afternoon. This avalanche was seems to have propagated from a track like in the south slope meaning it’s was cause by humans and weather conditions.