Wind Effected Snow in Northern Bridgers

Wind Effected Snow in Northern Bridgers

Date
Activity
Skiing

We snowmobiled and skiied around the northern bridgers yesterday. Found lots of wind effect. Most faces had been wind scoured, some protected south facing slopes were wind loaded. Noted a few small natural slides, one other group reported to us that they popped a wind slab on a south facing slope. We bailed on our bigger objectives and found some decent snow in a sheltered south facing chute, we did not experience any instability on this but I'm sure on other slopes we would have seen wind slabs. A thicker wind crust was developing in most areas. Snow pack seemed really solid and deep, except near cliffs and hidden rock piles, were we found facets to the ground.

Region
Bridger Range
Location (from list)
Fairy Lake