We rode in the Central Bear River Range today. There was 12-16 inches of new snow on top of a solid layer from the warm weather a couple of weeks ago. North facing slopes were holding dry powder through the day.

We had four separate Soft Slab avalanches release on us today on steep (45 degree) north facing slopes. These slabs were all confined to narrow chutes and gullies 30-40 feet wide. All the slabs released as we entered turns and broke 30-50 feet below and around us and were all between 12 to 16 inches deep and ran 2-300 vertical feet. We were riding in areas with little consequence and no terrain traps and we were expecting the areas to slide and they were pretty easy to outrun.

Sorry we didnt take time to get any pictures. It was pretty bogged in all day.