From text: "went up to Champagne Sherbet to ice climb but then there was a big fracture on the approach! Got to a safe spot and dug to see - a strange drifted wind slab over the old belay area has created a scary snow cave trap! We bailed out of there..."
Location
Flanders Creek
Avalanche Details: Large Cracks near Ice climb in Hyalite
Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Tue Jan 31, 2023GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Wed Feb 1, 2023
Northern Gallatin, 2023-01-30
Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Tue Jan 31, 2023GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Wed Feb 1, 2023