Large natural avalanche on Cedar Mountain

Cedar Mtn.
Northern Madison
Code
N
Latitude
45.22680
Longitude
-111.51200
Notes

The Big Sky Ski Patrol saw this natural avalanche as it occurred. "This morning around 8:45AM myself and my route partner were doing control work in hanging valley. I watched as he prepared a shot and saw a big cloud of snow on Cedar behind him. As I was looking I saw an avalanche appear from below the blowing snow. I watched it run from near the top of the ridge to the runout approximately 800-1000 ft below. It looked like most of the bowl was involved in the avalanche so I estimate the crown to be likely 1000ft wide. It looked to not be an enormous amount of volume so I estimate it to be likely between 6in and 2ft. We did not get a good view of crown as weather moved in shortly after and winds were strong."

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Trigger
Natural trigger
Vertical Fall
1000ft
Slab Width
1000.00ft
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year