Bridger is shut down today because of some in-bounds avalanches. They got 9" of snow with 1.8" SWE last night, and apparently that was another tipping point for the facets at the ground. Bridger Gully, Sluice Box, and Morning Glory Bowl all went to the ground apparently, here's a few screen shots I grabbed off their webcams.
Check out the dirt at the top middle:
Top of the Bridger lift, with Sluice Box on the right:
This is the main access to all the runs off of Bridger:
Sluice Box is all filled up now:
There aren't any cameras showing Morning Glory, but that one would have been massive. It's the top left of this photo:
Be careful out there! Although things generally stabilize in the spring, this year a lot of areas have shitty layers at the bottom of the snowpack that are failing. In SW Montana we've had quite a few big avalanches that broke at the ground in the past few weeks, and there's not much hope for surviving something like that. I just want to give everyone a heads up so we're all aware of what the snow is like this year, be safe!
