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Sustained winds averaging 30 mph on Sunday

Saw natural avalanche debris below the cliffs on the NE face of Fan from the resort. Tons of wind loading the last few days. Light wasn't good to get a clear picture. Looked like a few different smaller avalanches but could have gone all at once. 

Skier triggered wind slab avalanche around 2pm, along the edge of north Bowl and Bronco near "The John". Crown 6-10" deep and 30 feet wide, hard slab of recent drifted snow. HS-ASc-D1.5. Strong wind blowing steady from the south-southwest and transporting snow, filling in tracks rapidly.

Immediately after this slide, I saw what I assume was skier triggered, slide of similar size a little further down the bowl with crown drifting in. Beacon check of debris produced no signal, barely deep enough to bury someone.

Looking up Skier triggered slide at Bridger on 11/27.

View from top of skier triggered slide at Bridger on 11/27: "NE face. Rollover around 35 degrees mellowing throughout the run. The face had tracks from earlier today before i triggered the slide. I was able to self arrest and stop myself before being carried. The crown was around 20-25 ft wide and the slide ran roughly 100ft downhill before stopping. Both myself and my partner skied away unharmed."

Crown of skier triggered slide at Bridger on 11/27: "NE face. Rollover around 35 degrees mellowing throughout the run. The face had tracks from earlier today before i triggered the slide. I was able to self arrest and stop myself before being carried. The crown was around 20-25 ft wide and the slide ran roughly 100ft downhill before stopping. Both myself and my partner skied away unharmed."

On a northeast facing slope at 9,100' near the ridge that divides middle and beehive basins my party dug a pit that was 65 centimeters deep, the extended column test had a score of ECTN 19 at 37cm. The layer at 37cm from ground appeared to be 5cm of sugary fist density snow sandwiched between layers of 4finger density snow.

We observed small shooting cracks up to 6 inches while traveling through freshly wind loaded snow near ridgelines. 

Triggered a small(d1r1?) wind slab off the bridger chair in bounds at bridger. Little skiers right of bumble chute on the roll over skiers left of bronco. NE face. Rollover around 35 degrees mellowing throughout the run. The face had tracks from earlier today before i triggered the slide. I was able to self arrest and stop myself before being carried. The crown was around 20-25 ft wide and the slide ran roughly 100ft downhill before stopping. Both myself and my partner skied away unharmed. Tons of people touring up bridger today, many without backpacks/ beacon shovel probe.