Ernest Miller Ridge - Bacon Rind

Hi guys a quick note here I went out with Matt Madsen today I think he sent you his obs too. The snow reacted exactly how you thought it would! We remote triggered a huge avalanche that ripped out the steep side of Ernest Miller Ridge from a safe location on a strategically placed skin track. The slide was about 1,000’ wide and ran about 1,000’ long at the longest part of the toe. The crown looked like it was 8’ in one place and around 4-5’ in others. Lots of whoomphing on the way up, big collapses, we were VERY CAREFUL. Thanks for all the great info on that area. The slide snapped trees. Watching the cracks shoot up and trigger the slope was incredible to see. We stayed low and skied some very low angle pow. Where we triggered the slide, the slope was about 24 degrees, it then triggers on 30ish degrees and then sent the rest of the basin. The snow was so, so reactive. I feel like the danger of avalanches is not only possible but extremely likely in these conditions.