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Missoula Avalanche

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Observation Details

Observation Date:
December 8, 2022
Submitted:
December 9, 2022
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Activity:
Skiing/Snowboarding
Location:
Lockwood Point

Signs of Unstable Snow

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

Observations

Toured up to the top of lockwood pt and found lots of collapsing snow - and the collapsing seemed to be traveling quite a distance. Dug at pit at 6400' on e-ne aspect and go ECTP 11 @ 52 cm with a height of snow 94 cm. Lots of long, beautiful surface hoar - makes for a musical descent. We felt like the snow was telling us to be thoughtful of our terrain choice, so found 30 degrees of amazing glory powder!

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