In bounds slide at Bigsky?

**Gunder** · 12-26-2007, 10:27 PM

Anyone here about an inbounds slide at Big sky?

**montanaskier** · 12-26-2007, 10:33 PM

Only one I know about is earlier this month before the Tram was open. Patrol all the terrain above the Dictators to rip out and slide past shedhorn. It was a big slide. Check out the vid on the gallatin avy center website.

**damn texan** · 12-26-2007, 10:45 PM

reading all these recent post about inbounds slides really bothers me.

**baseWeldr** · 12-26-2007, 10:51 PM

linky to the 12/7 vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7Z9X...CEF2C6&index=1

**Gunder** · 12-27-2007, 12:24 AM

Originally Posted by montanaskier

Only one I know about is earlier this month before the Tram was open. Patrol all the terrain above the Dictators to rip out and slide past shedhorn. It was a big slide. Check out the vid on the gallatin avy center website.

I heard that there was one today naturally released during operating hours. Just trying to get a few details on it.

**Jumper Bones** · 12-27-2007, 12:44 AM

If there was one, the Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center (GNFAC) will definitely have information on it in their advisory tomorrow. They seem to get the majority of their information from the Bridger, BS, Moonlight, and YC ski patrols.

www.mtavalanche.com

**Bunion 2020** · 12-27-2007, 05:13 AM

I was off yesterday so I didn't see the aftermath.

At about 13:45 Liberty Bowl avalanched. The slide was released by 1 or 2 skiers who had skied the upper portion of the bowl and had come to a stop above the steeper rollover that is about 1/3rd of the way down.

Crown depth was reported to be 1-3' deep and about 300 feet wide. The debris was supposed to be 4-8-10' deep. The area was open at the time but due to rotten visability, there were no people in the run out. A Big Sky lift maint. person narrowly missed being buried.

Also the main part of Lenin slid during explosives testing on X-mas day, again.

Big Sky has been in a pretty major avalanche cycle for the last couple of weeks, looks like things will continue to be weird. More snow last night, more forecast for the remainder of the weekend.

11 years ago, yesterday, the Shedhorn lift was heavily damaged after being hit by a very large avalanche. 11 years ago, X-mas day, a patroller at Big Sky was killed performing avalanche control work, 25 years ago, on Christmas eve, a Big Sky patroller was killed by an avalanche in Snake Pit.

This is a spooky time to be working on Lone Mountain, any year.

**SuperChief** · 12-27-2007, 07:14 AM

17 green was named after a big slide on st pattys day a long time ago, I remember seeing pics of a 6ft crown from the patrollers

**Tye 1on** · 12-27-2007, 09:12 AM

Careful out there bunonion. Keep your eyes and ears open. Well, unless Neil Diamond comes on, then eye and ear protection might be in order...http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...t=neil+diamond

**ODHGABFE** · 12-27-2007, 12:51 PM

Good to know..heading out there the 5th for a week. Will have to keep the guard up..

**Amphibious1** · 12-27-2007, 02:30 PM

With all these inbounds slides recently, I've switched to wearing my beacon, at the very least, inbounds everyday. Why not.

**axebiker** · 12-28-2007, 09:25 AM

Yikes!! Scary stuff. Something to be said for inbounds beacons. I don't really own any BC gear since all my skiing is inbounds, but maybe I should think about it... Whenever we are out there, we are almost always up in the higher stuff (Tram & Headwaters) - seems to be ripping out more often than I remember hearing of over the last few years.

Bunion - how are the Headwaters holding up? It was sorta thin when I was out, but there were small run-out slides in the bowl from you guys working up there. Seems you've been getting a little snow almost every day rather than the big dumps Bridger has been racking up.

**Bunion 2020** · 12-28-2007, 09:43 AM

http://picasaweb.google.com/emstifle...ey=C6K8QlVIahM

Some photos one of my patrollers shot at Liberty Bowl after the slide. Nice work Emily!

The Headwaters is doing well Axe, filling in from the bottom up. We are working to open the N Summit today. I have the day off and am headed to the Bridgers to sample the 16-18" new they picked up on Thurs. night. Fairy Lake and Fraizer Bowl.

The dumps Bridger has been picking up are unique to BB. A moist NW flow with the right temps and as the weather hits the Bridger range and lifts over the range, it unloads and voila, 14" new at 2-4% in a night.

The weather we have been picking up down south at Lone Mountain is unique to that area. Day upon day of 2-4-6" new and suddenly we have recieved 60+" in December. Throw in the Christmas eve storm with 12" new and we have damn good skiing.

I do believe that if you own a beacon and want to wear it inbounds, its cheap insurance, I would not go out and buy a beacon just to wear for in area skiing.

JMHO.

See ya.

**Endlessseason** · 12-28-2007, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by Bunion

http://picasaweb.google.com/emstifle...ey=C6K8QlVIahM

Some photos one of my patrollers shot at Liberty Bowl after the slide. Nice work Emily!

Are these from Dec 7th or was there another slide on Wednesday?

**montanaskier** · 12-28-2007, 03:15 PM

not the slide on the 7th, a different one.

**Bunion 2020** · 12-28-2007, 07:52 PM

Originally Posted by Endlessseason

Are these from Dec 7th or was there another slide on Wednesday?

Yes, post control slide on Wed. 12/26/07, no one caught. Close call.

**Jumper Bones** · 12-29-2007, 12:14 AM

Keep in mind that an inbounds slide off of Lone Peak is akin to being pushed through a cheesegrater. Not fun.

**axebiker** · 12-29-2007, 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by Jumper Bones

Keep in mind that an inbounds slide off of Lone Peak is akin to being pushed through a cheesegrater. Not fun.

SHARP rocks...and some trees. Ouch.

I was looking at the pics again - hard to think a slope I was on a year ago in similar conditions slid... South facing exposure have much to do with it? Snow-sun-freeze-snow cycles have something to do with that I'd assume? I don't know a lot about slides, but that would make sense to me.