Hyalite/divide pk

Hyalite/divide pk

Date
Activity
Snowboarding

I walked down into the north notch(north facing shot part way up divide ridge) to see if it was safe to ride and dug a snow pit

it is very difficult to dig a pit on this slope with out exposing yourself 

there was a 6” wind slab sitting on top of near surface facets which failed in stability tests so I did not ride this slope/run

Also further along the ridge east of divide pk a small chunk of a cornice fell onto the slope fractured/ released a small wind slab roughly 6” deep…..nothing big at all but it seems that near surface facets where the bed surface of this one also

 

 

Region
Northern Gallatin
Location (from list)
Divide Peak