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<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Deep avalanches, breaking on weak layers near the ground, continue to be triggered in the mountains around Cooke City. Yesterday afternoon, a 6 ft deep slide was triggered on Mt. Abundance either by snowmobilers from 1000 ft away or by snow falling off a tree (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7csZHum43o"><span><span><span><strong>…;). Either way, this is a good indication that conditions remain touchy. Another recent slide (that may also have broken yesterday) of similar depth was also seen on the east side of Henderson Mtn. (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.mtavalanche.com/images/25/e-henderson-likely-slid-today"><s…;). With </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Persistent Slab avalanches</span></span></strong></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span> being likely to trigger today, conditions remain dangerous and our recommendation is to continue to avoid travelling on or beneath slopes steeper than 30 degrees. The avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Winds picked up overnight in the mountains around Bozeman and Big Sky. With plenty of soft snow to blow around, new wind drifts will form and </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Wind Slab avalanches </span></span></strong></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>will be easily triggered today. There may also be some wind drifts that formed on Wednesday that haven’t bonded yet. These slides could break 1-3 ft deep and be large enough to bury you or sweep you into rocks or trees.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Persistent Slab avalanches </span></span></strong></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>breaking deeper in the snowpack are a secondary, but still very real concern. As Mark explains in his </span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHr_3Bdtq1o"><span><span><span><strong>…; from yesterday near Mt. Blackmore, you’re most likely to trigger one of these slides from thinner snowpack areas. It could then propagate out into the deep areas, making for quite large avalanches.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Today, avoid freshly wind-loaded slopes where the avalanche danger is CONSIDERABLE. Carefully evaluate the potential consequences of triggering a slide before riding all other steep slopes, which have a MODERATE avalanche danger.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Around Island Park and West Yellowstone, triggering</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><strong><span><span> Persistent Slab avalanches </span></span></strong></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>on weak layers low in the snowpack is still possible, but with little recent snowfall it has become somewhat less likely (</span></span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/5jyQDWE32GI?feature=shared"><span><span><span><span><s… Park video</span></span></u></span></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span>). Thinner areas are where you’re most likely to trigger one of these slides. If you’re going to start poking into avalanche terrain, start out with smaller slopes with mellower slope angles that have few obstacles beneath them, to further minimize both the likelihood and consequences of triggering a slide.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>There may also be pockets where you could trigger </span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><strong><span><span>Wind Slab avalanches, </span></span></strong></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span>so it’s worth keeping your eyes out for signs of wind loading as well.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The avalanche danger is MODERATE..</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>

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