Public Observations
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Public Observations
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Observation Date: 02/20/2012
Route/Location:
Twin lakes/Moose Creek: Central Bitterroots
Weather:
Overcast lightly snowing
Wind:
Light
New Snow: 6-12"
Avalanche Activity:
Elevation: ...
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012
Observation Date: 02/19/2012
Route/Location:
Lost Horse area Central Bitterroots
Weather:
overcast all day with light snow
Wind:
light
New Snow: 6-12"
Avalanche Activity:
n/a
Oth ...
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Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
Observation Date: 02/20/2012
Route/Location:
Saturrday and Sunday - ski various slopes of all slope angles and aspects in the North Fork of Lost Horse creek
Monday - ski south face of Canyon Pe ...
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
Observation Date: 02/19/2012
Route/Location:
Riding ridgeline down from the top of Southeast aspect to the saddle(middle) of bowl 3.
Weather:
Snowing. Heavy at times.
Wind:
Quite windy, Gu ...
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
Observation Date: 02/19/2012
Route/Location:
West Fork of B. Root River up an N-NW Ridge to 8300'. Skied N-NE slope to drainage and out to car.
Weather:
27* degrees F @ 0900 hr @ 4500', \
20* ...
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Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
Observation Date: 02/11/2012
Route/Location:
2nd bowl
Weather:
Wind:
New Snow:
Snow Density:
Avalanche Activity:
Observed Danger Rating:
Other Comments:
Pit graph from Wishar ...
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Monday, February 13th, 2012
Observation Date: 02/11/2012
Route/Location:
Wisherd Ridge - 2nd Bowl, Suzie (1st) Bowl
Weather:
The sky was partly cloudy, there was no wind, it was not snowing, and the air temp was 32 degre ...
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Monday, February 6th, 2012
Observation Date: 02/05/2012
Route/Location:
Up summer trail to foot bridge, up south facing gully to the summit of Mill 2, aka Spurgeon point (next high point west of Mill Point on the Blodgett/M ...
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Monday, February 6th, 2012
Observation Date: 02/05/2012
Route/Location:
Snowmobiled up to about 5900'. Skied an E-W ridge up to about 7000'. ' Large old wind affected cornices and features made travel difficult and required ...
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Sunday, February 5th, 2012
Observation Date: 02/04/2012
Route/Location:
We ditched the rig where the snow got too deep and made the climb up to the summit of Gash Point proper. We skied a northerly chute off the summit ridg ...
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Observation Date: 02/01/2012
Route/Location:
Skalkaho area
Weather:
Wind:
New Snow:
Avalanche Activity:
Location: Skalkaho area
Elevation: 8400
Aspect: NEE
Slope: 30 degrees
Test: ...
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Observation Date: 01/29/2012
Route/Location:
Lost Horse area
Weather:
Wind:
New Snow:
Avalanche Activity:
Other Comments:
Location: Lost Horse area
Elevation: 7300
Aspect: ...
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Observation Date: 01/31/2012
Route/Location:
around Morrell Basin
Weather:
Wind:
New Snow: 12+"
Avalanche Activity:
Jan24- very high winds, cloudy, cool- 7000'- eastern aspect- 30-32 ...
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
Observation Date: 01/29/2012
Route/Location:
East Ridge of Straight Peak. Fish Creek Area. Super gloppy on the skins, made travel very difficult. Lots of bushwacking and tired legs.
Weather:
M ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Observation Date: 01/24/2012
Route/Location:
Lost Trail Pass area, Southern Bitterroots
Weather:
Wind:
New Snow:
Snow Density:
Avalanche Activity:
Observed Danger Rating:
Othe ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Observation Date: 01/23/2012
Route/Location:
Central Bitterroots
Weather:
Wind:
New Snow:
Snow Density:
Avalanche Activity:
Observed Danger Rating:
Other Comments:
Location: ...
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Sunday, January 22nd, 2012
Observation Date: 01/21/2012
Route/Location:
Lockwood
Weather:
Mostly Cloudy with intermittent snow showers, at times very heavy but brief.
Temps were above freezing to at least 6000'. Win ...
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
Observation Date: 01/15/2012
Route/Location:
We toured from Bryan Lake up the Middle Fork of Bear Creek to the south ridge of Sky Pilot (In the Bitterroots, West of Victor), and from there the sum ...
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Observation Date: 01/09/2012
Route/Location:
Stuart peak in the Rattlesnakes. Ascent via the southwest ridge, and then back down the west/southwest slope.
Weather:
Temperature around 25 at the ...
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
Observation Date: 01/06/2012
Route/Location:
Lost Trail Pass
Weather:
20 degrees, Mostly Sunny, Light to no wind.
Wind:
Very hard wind crust o top of snowpack.
New Snow:
Avalanche Ac ...
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Monday, January 9th, 2012
Observation Date: 01/07/2012
Route/Location:
We toured to the summit of Red Butte on the east side of the Missions. Followed a forest service road up the East ridge, skied a fairly steep tree'd se ...
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Sunday, January 8th, 2012
Observation Date: 01/07/2012
Route/Location:
Up the trail, south up the first boulder field, across the mouth of the first bowl, down to Kidney Lake, up the northeast ridge to the summit, ran laps ...
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
Observation Date: 01/04/2012
Route/Location:
Photo of skier triggered avalanche. The second skier is a small dot up and left from the release point of the slide. The slide was triggered when the s ...
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Friday, January 6th, 2012
Observation Date: 01/04/2012
Route/Location:
North facing slope at Gash Point. Slope was lookers left of the large cornices.
Weather:
Warm, sunny, and light winds. Slope was in shade.
Wind: ...
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Observation Date: 01/02/2012
Route/Location:
n/a
Weather:
Wind:
New Snow:
Snow Density:
Avalanche Activity:
Observed Danger Rating:
Other Comments:
I work as a volunteer at T ...
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012
Observation Date: 01/02/2012
Route/Location:
Avalanche path area. We skinned up a lower angle ridge line up to 7100' and dug 1 pit. Skinned up ridge line to 8100'. Skied several of the east and so ...
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Observation Date: 01/01/2012
Route/Location:
Wahoo Pass above Mud Lake
Weather:
Clear, sunny, temps in 20s, no wind
Wind:
No wind loading visible
New Snow: 12+"
Snow Density: Low
...
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Monday, January 2nd, 2012
Observation Date: 01/01/2012
Route/Location:
near Alpine Yurt
Weather:
calm, mostly clear, light clouds, warmer temp
Wind:
evidence of widespread wind loading from previous system
New S ...
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Friday, December 30th, 2011
Observation Date: 12/29/2011
Route/Location:
Skied up at Gash Point yesterday,12/29. Plenty of windloading and slab activity. We skied on a north facing low angle slope, 30 degrees, in the trees a ...
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Thursday, December 29th, 2011
Observation Date: 12/29/2011
Route/Location:
pt 6
Weather:
windy with 5" fresh wind blown and 5ft total snow on NE aspect snowpit
Wind:
45mph winds up top this afternoon
New Snow: 3-6"
...
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Thursday, December 29th, 2011
Observation Date: 12/29/2011
Route/Location:
We traveled from the parking area to the summit, rode around and then back to the parking area
Weather:
Pretty fair, clear skys, low 30's some ligh ...
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Wednesday, December 28th, 2011
Observation Date: 12/24/2011
Route/Location:
Morrell Lookout, Supernatural, Chads Shoulder
Weather:
Dec 24. cloudy calm during the day, patchy light snow on and off, clearing overnight with ve ...
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Monday, December 19th, 2011
Observation Date: 12/18/2011
Route/Location:
Heart Lake, south of Hoodoo pass
Sat - Up to Heart Lake, then Dalton Lake. Ski Dalton chutes, then reverse route back to car.
Sun - Up to Heart Lak ...
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
Observation Date: 12/11/2011
Route/Location:
Left the road at about 6000' and climbed to summit of Gash Point (the named peak at about 8900'). Then dropped down towards Bear Lake and climbed Sky P ...
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Monday, December 12th, 2011
Observation Date: 12/11/2011
Route/Location:
Heart Lake area, which is just south of Hoodoo pass. From Heart Lake TH - up to Dalton lake, ski north and east facing chutes above Dalton, Heart, and ...
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Monday, December 5th, 2011
Observation Date: 12/03/2011
Route/Location:
Up the ridge towards Sweeney Peak above the Bitterroot Valley, then back down ridge and then down into the easternmost NE facing bowl above One Horse C ...
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Friday, December 2nd, 2011
Observation Date: 12/01/2011
Route/Location:
St. Mary's Basin in the Bitterroot Mtns
Weather:
Skies were clear. Temperatures in the low 20's. Wind out of the Northwest at 8-10mph at elevation. ...
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011
Observation Date: 11/20/2011
Route/Location:
Up MF jaco to trailhead, then up road/trail to ridge just east of Deep creek. Down south facing meadows back to road and out.
Weather:
Mostly cloud ...
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Sunday, November 20th, 2011
Observation Date: 11/19/2011
Route/Location:
From last road switch, contour into McCalla Creek. Uptrack on broad sud-ridge to aproximately 9,000ft. Ski low/moderate angle, SE trees and numerous sl ...
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