The Playground, Texas Meadow

The Playground, Texas Meadow

Date
Activity
Skiing

We skied around Wolverine Bowl, the Playground, and Texas Meadows.There were 2-3” of new and wind drifted snow. The winds were gusting 15-20 mph and transporting the new snow. We dug in the Playground at 8,000’ on a N facing aspect, the new snow was moving on the old wind slab (ECTN 1), and the wind slab about 1 foot below the surface did not propagate (ECTN13). The unsupportable wind slab in the playground sent us over to Texas Meadows, and we dug at 7,800’ on the NE aspect. We did not see the wind slab here, and we got an ECTP 26 in the facets near the ground (3’ below the surface). It will take a lot more snow and wind to reactivate this layer. Looking forward to tomorrow the new and wind drifted snow is the biggest concern in the Bridgers--especially in complex avalanche terrain and along the ridgeline.

Region
Bridger Range
Location (from list)
Playground
Observer Name
Dave Zinn, Alex Haddad