From obs: "Today my partner and I skied the Peruvian Face on the N side of 10,602 in Beehive Basin. We originally were going to ski Bolivia. I went out into the start zone on belay and decided to turn around due to an 8” hard slaslab what appeared to be a decomposing, unsupportable sunsun cruste then scrambled the ridge to the top of Peru. After the good ol throw a rock and see what happens test, the start zone appeared to be soft and slightly loaded. I made a skiski cutross the top of the path and pulled out a 6-8” wind wind slabwide and ran 3/4 of the path. We then skied variable snow/debris to the bottom. There was evidence of wet loose activity from the previous warming on many aspects in the south fork of Spanish creek"
Beehive Basin
Northern Madison
Code
SS-ASc-D1-I
Elevation
10602
Aspect
N
Latitude
45.35010
Longitude
-111.39000
Notes
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Skier
Trigger Modifier
c-A controlled or intentional release by the indicated trigger
D size
1
Bed Surface
I - Interface between new and old snow
Problem Type
Wind Slab
Slab Thickness
7.0 inches
Slab Width
30.00ft
Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year