Reactive snow in beehive basin

Reactive snow in beehive basin

Date
Activity
Skiing

No new/different signs of instability in the snow pack from the forecast or observing other skiers and poking around in the basin. Snow pack is between 1-2 feet from trail head to 9200 ft, 95% faceted and the rest surface hore or the trace of new snow. The pack is 100% rotten. With no slabs there wasn’t any propagating but with a heavy ski cut two of the point releases were triggered and the third when skiing. All three went to the ground. All triggered after the first skier made no impact on the slope, no visual signs or “poor” test results. A reminder how poor the snow structure is this year.

Region
Northern Madison
Location (from list)
Beehive Basin