Warm Temperatures, Wet Snow in Hyalite

Warm Temperatures, Wet Snow in Hyalite

Date
Activity
Skiing

We toured in Hyalite today. By 10:30 in the morning we saw wet, natural avalanches coming down east facing cliffs. We also saw several pinwheels from yesterday. By noon we were at 9,900' on a SE facing aspect, and the snow surface was wet at this altitude. Once we were down at 9,000' the top 8" of snow was wet, and it was beginning to move as a slab on small rollovers.

Region
Northern Gallatin
Location (from list)
Flanders Creek
Observer Name
Dave Zinn, Alex Haddad