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GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Sun Dec 26, 2010

Snowpack and Avalanche Discussion

The northern Madison Range:

Strong southwest winds over the past 24 hours have produced touchy slabs on north facing slopes. Yesterday, the Moonlight Basin Ski Patrol remotely triggered a small wind slab that broke up to 8 inches deep and they experienced cracking and collapsing in wind loaded terrain. The Big Sky Ski Patrol also found sensitive conditions on wind loaded slopes.