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Photo: R. Lindsey

Photo: R. Lindsey

From GVSA groomer via text on 3/24/23: "Small slide in Buck just below 5 mile on the road cut. Likely natural. E Face about 42 degrees, 6-8" new up on top with 10 mph wind out of the SE. Cuttently snowing at .5"/hour (9pm)." Photo: D. Kristensen

Photo of deep slab avalanche on Elephant Mtn from above. Photo: W. Casper  3/23/23

Saw this very large avalanche in NE face of Elephant this morning (3/23/23). Skiers left flank appears at a distance to be 8-10'. Photo: C. Babineau-Z

Bowl after the climb up Denny Creek. The runout area is the first big downhill on the trail that follows the bottom of the ridge. Best guess is 24-48 hours old. Extremely deep runout. 3/23/23 Photo: B. Ramage

Toured around beehive peak today. Viewed 1 older large avalanche and other smaller slides. All were north to east aspects

On the morning of March 23, 2023 near Daisy Pass, two snowmobilers were stuck on a slope and a third was snowmobiling up to help when a large avalanche was triggered. The two stuck riders were caught and carried, and one of them sustained potentially life-threatening leg injuries. The third rider was able to safely ride off the slope and was not caught by the avalanche. Photo: B. Zavora

On the morning of March 23, 2023 near Daisy Pass, two snowmobilers were stuck on a slope and a third was snowmobiling up to help when a large avalanche was triggered. The two stuck riders were caught and carried, and one of them sustained potentially life-threatening leg injuries. The third rider was able to safely ride off the slope and was not caught by the avalanche. Photo: B. Zavora

On the morning of March 23, 2023 near Daisy Pass, two snowmobilers were stuck on a slope and a third was snowmobiling up to help when a large avalanche was triggered. The two stuck riders were caught and carried, and one of them sustained potentially life-threatening leg injuries. The third rider was able to safely ride off the slope and was not caught by the avalanche. Photo: B. Zavora

On the morning of March 23, 2023 near Daisy Pass, two snowmobilers were stuck on a slope and a third was snowmobiling up to help when a large avalanche was triggered. The two stuck riders were caught and carried, and one of them sustained potentially life-threatening leg injuries. The third rider was able to safely ride off the slope and was not caught by the avalanche. Photo: B. Zavora

Skied on west and east sides of Woody Ridge.  Observed a few small soft wind slab avalanches involving only new snow around the submarine. Dug a pit about a meter deep on west aspect about 9,700 feet.  HS was 290cm. No result on extended column test. Fist to 265, 4F to 245, 1f to 200 where there is a crust layer, back to 1f below that.

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. Photo: A. Dunn

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. Photo: A. Dunn

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. This is one of many west-facing steep slopes above the creek that ran. Photo: A. Dunn

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. This is one of many west-facing steep slopes above the creek that ran. Photo: A. Dunn

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. Photo: A. Dunn

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. Photo: A. Dunn

Skiers in the Hellroaring Creek area of the Centennials got a good view of the aftermath of an avalanche warning on March 14 and 15. They saw many avalanches that broke 3-5 feet deep. Photo: A. Dunn

Snow bikers saw the debris and crown of a large avalanche that broke on a heavily wind-loaded slope on Mt Jefferson in the Centennial Mountains. Look to the upper left of the photo to see what they estimated as a 6' deep crown. Photo: R. Gravatt