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Missoula Avalanche

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Observation Details

Observation Date:
December 3, 2022
Submitted:
December 5, 2022
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Activity:
Skiing/Snowboarding
Location:
Nascar - Lolo Pass

Signs of Unstable Snow

Did you see shooting cracks? 
No
Did you experience collapsing or whumpfing? 
Yes, Widespread

Observations

We toured up the forest road then across the ridge to Nascar. We heard loud and widespread whumpfing while traveling along the ridge. We planned to stick to non-avalanche terrain anyway, but dug a pit out of curiosity at 6,200ft, East-facing aspect. The snowpack was 115cm with two obvious weak layers at ~60cm and ~70cm and facets at the ground. ECT17P

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