Observation Date: 01/08/2020

Route/Location:
Seeley Lake Region- Boy Scout road to warming hut and on some other roads and play hills. Stayed off and away from steep slopes due to avalanche concern.

Weather:
Strong winds today with light snowfall. There was a lot of snow transport that was filling in roads with deep drifts. Open and exposed slopes were seeing a lot of wind creating dangerous avalanche conditions on the leeward side. When you stepped off your sled in most areas without sled compaction you sank to your waist.

Wind:

New Snow: 3-6″

Avalanche Activity:
Reports of a natural slide out by Lake Dinah, sounds like pictures and a report will come in from another source. The avalanche was a large storm slab that stepped down and created a persistent slab avalanche. Looked like a lot of slopes had recently avalanched and the crown was filled back in. I think many slopes have naturally avalanched throughout the past 8 days.

Other Comments:
We were concerned about unsurvivable avalanches so we stay off of and away from steep terrain.

Observer: Todd Glew