Buck Ridge Patrol

The Bozeman snow ranger crew rode on Buck Ridge today and did not see any recent avalanche activity.  There was 4-6 inches of new settled new snow over very firm older snow, so the riding was somewhat deceptive (not the easiest).  We rode out to Bear creek and the wilderness boundary there and noted that the new snow had been blown around quite a bit on the ridge tops.  Some folks had done some pretty aggressive riding in the upper portion of McAtee Basin but didnt trigger anything.  We also rode down Muddy Basin a ways and found much better riding there; less sled traffic and likely better wind shelter than buck ridge proper.  We peeked into the Yellow Mules and did not see any recent activity there, either.  Hope that info is helpful!