Avalanche

JFS Canyon

Adam ClarkFlathead Range & Glacier NP
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Quick report

Couple new small soft slab avalanches today. One on a steep Railway cut bank and another on a steep cut bank above the Middle Fork. Suspect these also failed on weak faceted snow near the ground and ran sometime early this morning. Visibility was limited, but I could not find any avalanches up in the higher elevation terrain. Maybe tomorrow with better vis? Another 3-4"of snow on the Canyon floor today with raging easterly winds and plummeting temperatures. Blizzard conditions and widespread wind slabs at all elevations.

Avalanche

Size
D1.5 R2
Type
SS
Count
2
Aspect
NE
Trigger
N
Elevation
3800 ft

Obs from Hwy around 1430. Some new snow on crown makes me believe it ran earlier in the morning or last night. I did not see it yesterday.