Mt Bole/Twin Falls Basin

Mt Bole/Twin Falls Basin

Date
Activity
Skiing

140-160 cm on the ground on a NNE aspect at 9600’. ECTP-14 on a FC layer 35 cm down. The snowpack was generally right side up but interspersed with at least two other thin persistent layers below the one we saw propagate. I was pleasantly surprised at the lack of major basal facets, at least in the spot where we dug. Despite the dramatic, planar ECT result there were no other signs of instability or recent avalanches, and I ski cut a number of heavily wind loaded small features with no result. The wind slabs were quite stubborn but our observations of the underlying snowpack definitely increases the spook factor for me today, at least in this range.

Region
Northern Gallatin
Observer Name
Henry Coppolillo