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Season 2018 2019
Missoula Avalanche Photo Gallery
Wind Drifted Slope 12:12:2018
Wind Drifted Slope 12:12:2018
ECTP Slab Size
ECTP Slab Size
Wind Scour Slope 12:12:2018
Wind Scour Slope 12:12:2018
ECTP 02 on Wind Drifted Slope
ECTP 02 on Wind Drifted Slope
Point Release Rattlesnake
Point Release Rattlesnake
725 Van Buren Street
725 Van Buren Street
725 Van Buren Street
725 Van Buren Street
18mm Surface Hoar
18mm Surface Hoar
Study Plot Surface Hoar
Study Plot Surface Hoar
Missions from Pt. 6
Missions from Pt. 6
Missions
Missions
Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
Inversion Layer
Inversion Layer
Wind Drifted Snow 12:07:2018 Rattlesnake
Wind Drifted Snow 12:07:2018 Rattlesnake
Wind Drifeted Snow 12:07:2018 02
Wind Drifeted Snow 12:07:2018 02
Logan Study Plot 12:07:2018
Logan Study Plot 12:07:2018
Surface Hoar Rattlesnake 12:07:2018 02
Surface Hoar Rattlesnake 12:07:2018 02
Surface Hoar 12:07:2018
Surface Hoar 12:07:2018
Snow Pit Field Book
Snow Pit Field Book
Central Bitterroot December2018
Central Bitterroot December2018
Lolo Pass 12/03/18
Lolo Pass 12/03/18
IMG_2759
IMG_2759
IMG_0364
IMG_0364
SNow Lolo 11/27/18
SNow Lolo 11/27/18
Lolo Heavy Snow 11/27/2018
Lolo Heavy Snow 11/27/2018
Heavy Snow 11/27/2018
Heavy Snow 11/27/2018
Lolo Skin Track 11/27/2018
Lolo Skin Track 11/27/2018
Lolo 11/27/18 Skinning
Lolo 11/27/18 Skinning
Lolo Skin 11/27/18
Lolo Skin 11/27/18
Skier Triggered in Rattlesnake
Skier Triggered in Rattlesnake
ECTP 2 Rattlesnake
ECTP 2 Rattlesnake
Debris (remote trigger)
Debris (remote trigger)
Skier triggered Windslab
Skier triggered Windslab
Natural Release 12:19:2018
Natural Release 12:19:2018
Natural Release 12:19:2018 unmarked
Natural Release 12:19:2018 unmarked
IMG_2568
IMG_2568
IMG_2568
IMG_2568
Cornice Failure
Cornice Failure
Buried Surface Hoar
Buried Surface Hoar
BSH
BSH
ECTP On wind loaded slope 12:19:2018
ECTP On wind loaded slope 12:19:2018
Travis Pit 12/17
Travis Pit 12/17
Notice large crack above crown
Notice large crack above crown
Don't get too close!
Don't get too close!
Travis digging a pit 12/14/18
Travis digging a pit 12/14/18
Layers in Pit Shallow snowpack
Layers in Pit Shallow snowpack
Natural Triggered Wind Slab debris12:14:2018
Natural Triggered Wind Slab debris12:14:2018
Wind drifted slope 12:14:2018
Wind drifted slope 12:14:2018
SNOWPACK LAYERS 12:14:2018
SNOWPACK LAYERS 12:14:2018
Logan doing a pit 12:14:2018
Logan doing a pit 12:14:2018
Logan PIt 12:19:2018
Logan PIt 12:19:2018
Broken tree
Broken tree
Tree damage from natural
Tree damage from natural
Debris
Debris
Lost Horse slide path
Lost Horse slide path
Soft Slab Debris 12:31:2018 Snake
Soft Slab Debris 12:31:2018 Snake
Snowpack Structure 12:31:2018
Snowpack Structure 12:31:2018
Natural Wind Slab Release 12:31:18 Rattlesnake
Natural Wind Slab Release 12:31:18 Rattlesnake
20181230_140530
20181230_140530
Saddle Peak
Saddle Peak
Surface Hoar
Surface Hoar
Travis pit 12/28/18
Travis pit 12/28/18
Mt. Fuji
Mt. Fuji
PST
PST
Pit Picture
Pit Picture
Cracking on wind-loaded terrain
Cracking on wind-loaded terrain
Moose Lake pit
Moose Lake pit
12/30: about 6500'
12/30: about 6500'
12/31: Low angle open slope around 7000'
12/31: Low angle open slope around 7000'
Moose Lake
Moose Lake
Wind loading 1-4-19
Wind loading 1-4-19
Cornice above Moose lake
Cornice above Moose lake
Cornice 1-4-19
Cornice 1-4-19
Central Bitterroot
Central Bitterroot
Central Bitterroot 01/16/19
Central Bitterroot 01/16/19
Root 01/16/19
Root 01/16/19
Root 01/16/19 02
Root 01/16/19 02
Ridge In Bitterroots
Ridge In Bitterroots
Large Surface Hoar
Large Surface Hoar
Southern Bitterroot Surface Hoar
Southern Bitterroot Surface Hoar
Crystal SH
Crystal SH
Large SH
Large SH
Surface Hoar
Surface Hoar
Surface Hoar
Surface Hoar
Solar aspect snake
Solar aspect snake
Solar Release
Solar Release
Gash Point
Gash Point
East of Gash
East of Gash
Wind drifting E of Gash
Wind drifting E of Gash
Valley Fog
Valley Fog
Inversion
Inversion
Gash
Gash
ECTP SLAB SIZE
ECTP SLAB SIZE
ECTP RATTLESNAKE SHALLOW SNOWPACK
ECTP RATTLESNAKE SHALLOW SNOWPACK
Lolo Pass
Lolo Pass
Lolo ridge pit 2
Lolo ridge pit 2
lolo ridge pit 1
lolo ridge pit 1
Fractures from snow plow
Fractures from snow plow
Slope in Granite 01:09:19
Slope in Granite 01:09:19
Propagation on Buried Surface Hoar
Propagation on Buried Surface Hoar
Wind Loaded Bowl 01:07:19
Wind Loaded Bowl 01:07:19
Pit 01:07:19
Pit 01:07:19
Wind Drifted Terrain 01:07:19 NW aspect
Wind Drifted Terrain 01:07:19 NW aspect
Wind Drifts Snake 01:07:19 South side
Wind Drifts Snake 01:07:19 South side
Lolo Pit 1/23/19
Lolo Pit 1/23/19
Shooting Cracks in wind drifts
Shooting Cracks in wind drifts
Buried Surface Hoar
Buried Surface Hoar
Low Angle terrain. 01:21:2019
Low Angle terrain. 01:21:2019
Shallow Points 01:21:2019
Shallow Points 01:21:2019
Lost Horse 1/21/19
Lost Horse 1/21/19
Logan 01:21:2019
Logan 01:21:2019
IMG_1042
IMG_1042
IMG_1038
IMG_1038
Cornice Growth Central Bitterroot 01:18:19
Cornice Growth Central Bitterroot 01:18:19
Twin 01:21:2019 Cornice
Twin 01:21:2019 Cornice
Riding 1/21/19
Riding 1/21/19
Road-Cut-Fracture
Road-Cut-Fracture
Cornice Growth Central Bitterroot 01:18:19
Cornice Growth Central Bitterroot 01:18:19
Cracking on Road cuts
Cracking on Road cuts
Granite Pass Area
Granite Pass Area
Travis Pit #3
Travis Pit #3
Surface Hoar Snak 01/14/2019
Surface Hoar Snak 01/14/2019
Cornice and Wind Loading 01/17/2019
Cornice and Wind Loading 01/17/2019
Wind Slab Trigger 01/17/19
Wind Slab Trigger 01/17/19
MELT FREEZE CRUST 01:23:2019
MELT FREEZE CRUST 01:23:2019
SHOOTING CRACK 01:23:2019
SHOOTING CRACK 01:23:2019
Logan and Matt Pit 02:04:19
Logan and Matt Pit 02:04:19
Pit Digging With MTN Lab
Pit Digging With MTN Lab
Pit Moose 02:04:19
Pit Moose 02:04:19
Pit Logan 02:04:19
Pit Logan 02:04:19
Buried Surface Hoar New Layer 02:03:19
Buried Surface Hoar New Layer 02:03:19
Cornice Failure Lost Trail Backcouintry02:01:19
Cornice Failure Lost Trail Backcouintry02:01:19
Cornice Release Lappi Lake
Cornice Release Lappi Lake
Bass
Bass
Wind Loading Sadle MTN 02:01:19
Wind Loading Sadle MTN 02:01:19
Snow Pit
Snow Pit
Surface Wind Crust
Surface Wind Crust
Lost Trail Observations
Lost Trail Observations
Pit 01:28:19 North Aspect
Pit 01:28:19 North Aspect
Point 6 Summit
Point 6 Summit
Study Plot
Study Plot
Burgundy
Burgundy
Point 6
Point 6
Burgundy Pit
Burgundy Pit
Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake
Slab Failure on Road Cut
Slab Failure on Road Cut
Mt.Fuji north aspect
Mt.Fuji north aspect
IMG_3688
IMG_3688
IMG_6942
IMG_6942
IMG_6939
IMG_6939
Slab on BSH
Slab on BSH
Moose Lake Area
Moose Lake Area
Shooting Crack
Shooting Crack
Small Crown/debris
Small Crown/debris
Lolo Beacon Park
Lolo Beacon Park
Logan Pit Snake 02:06:19
Logan Pit Snake 02:06:19
Slopes Rattlesnake
Slopes Rattlesnake
Rattlesnake 02:06:19
Rattlesnake 02:06:19
Pit, W aspect
Pit, W aspect
Pit N aspect
Pit N aspect
Localized shallow wind slab cracking
Localized shallow wind slab cracking
Wind Loading on Barnett's Bluff
Wind Loading on Barnett's Bluff
Crown Line 02:18:19 Seeley
Crown Line 02:18:19 Seeley
Surface Hoar 01.19. Preserved 02:18:19
Surface Hoar 01.19. Preserved 02:18:19
Seeley 02:18:19
Seeley 02:18:19
Cornice Chunks Seeley 02:18:19
Cornice Chunks Seeley 02:18:19
Skier Triggered Seeley 02:18:19
Skier Triggered Seeley 02:18:19
Logan Pit Seeley 02:18:19
Logan Pit Seeley 02:18:19
Sluffs Seeley 02:18:19
Sluffs Seeley 02:18:19
Very small pocket that broke on 2/2 crust at mid elevations
Very small pocket that broke on 2/2 crust at mid elevations
Skier triggered wind slab
Skier triggered wind slab
Skier triggered D2 wind slab
Skier triggered D2 wind slab
Burgundy
Burgundy
Burgundy and Finley
Burgundy and Finley
Finley
Finley
Loose Wet
Loose Wet
Cornice hangfire
Cornice hangfire
Rattlesnake Pit
Rattlesnake Pit
Birthday Chute
Birthday Chute
Hwy Shots
Hwy Shots
Small cracks on wind-loaded terrain
Small cracks on wind-loaded terrain
Ski Cut soft slab
Ski Cut soft slab
IMG_3327
IMG_3327
Pit, N aspect
Pit, N aspect
Natural Loose Debris
Natural Loose Debris
Hwy Shots Pit
Hwy Shots Pit
Ridge 2/13/19
Ridge 2/13/19
IMG_3312
IMG_3312
IMG_3311
IMG_3311
Outcrops 02:08:19
Outcrops 02:08:19
Logan pit 02:08:19
Logan pit 02:08:19
Observations 02:08:19
Observations 02:08:19
PIT, N Aspect 5,400ft
PIT, N Aspect 5,400ft
Ski tracks 02:20:19
Ski tracks 02:20:19
Observation 02:20:19
Observation 02:20:19
Buried Surface Hoar 02:20:19
Buried Surface Hoar 02:20:19
Pit N Aspect 5,800ft
Pit N Aspect 5,800ft
Crown near Seeley
Crown near Seeley
Lolo Pass 2/20/19
Lolo Pass 2/20/19
Pit, W aspect 5,500 feet
Pit, W aspect 5,500 feet
PIt
PIt
Old skier triggered small wind slab
Old skier triggered small wind slab
Wind Scour
Wind Scour
PIt
PIt
Reloaded Start Zones
Reloaded Start Zones
Wind Scoured slopes
Wind Scoured slopes
20190301_170317
20190301_170317
Lolo Pass
Lolo Pass
Lolo Pass 3/1/19
Lolo Pass 3/1/19
cracking on road cuts
cracking on road cuts
Cracking on roadcut
Cracking on roadcut
Jenny Bowl wind scoured
Jenny Bowl wind scoured
Barnett's Bluff post slide
Barnett's Bluff post slide
Cross-loading on Burgundy
Cross-loading on Burgundy
Small Natural Wind slab
Small Natural Wind slab
Shooting Cracks
Shooting Cracks
Cracks
Cracks
Shooting Cracks
Shooting Cracks
IMG_3411
IMG_3411
Machine Shooting Cracks
Machine Shooting Cracks
Natural Shooting cracks
Natural Shooting cracks
Study plot
Study plot
Step Down Avalanche in Bass drainage
Step Down Avalanche in Bass drainage
IMG_3380
IMG_3380
IMG_3381
IMG_3381
Wind affected snow
Wind affected snow
Jenny Bowl
Jenny Bowl
North Face Low Elevation Pit Facets on The Ground 03:06:19
North Face Low Elevation Pit Facets on The Ground 03:06:19
East Pit High Elevation Pit 03:06:19
East Pit High Elevation Pit 03:06:19
Low Elevation Pit 03:06:19
Low Elevation Pit 03:06:19
Shooting Cracks from Sled Skis 03:08:19
Shooting Cracks from Sled Skis 03:08:19
South ZFacing Pit 03:08:19
South ZFacing Pit 03:08:19
Wind Loaded slopes Seeley 03:08:19
Wind Loaded slopes Seeley 03:08:19
Crusts on low Elevation SE aspect
Crusts on low Elevation SE aspect
Pit Location
Pit Location
Shallow and weak snow
Shallow and weak snow
Small skier triggered wind slab
Small skier triggered wind slab
Shallow skier triggered wind slab.
Shallow skier triggered wind slab.
Large Loose Wet 04 03:20:19
Large Loose Wet 04 03:20:19
Loose wet 02 03:20:19
Loose wet 02 03:20:19
Loose Wet Debris 03:20:19 01
Loose Wet Debris 03:20:19 01
Large Loose Wet 03:20:19 04
Large Loose Wet 03:20:19 04
Large Loose Wet 03 03:20:19
Large Loose Wet 03 03:20:19
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