Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center

This pit was dug in the flank of a recent persistent slab avalanche. We got stable results in our stability tests on the layer the slide failed on. This is likely due to the layer having already collapsed.

Dug w/ Conrad.

Unstable PST and CPST results, but I would say those are false unstable results. Avalanches are unlikely on that old NSF layer and stability is good. The NSF layer does not have a widespread distribution and has not produced recent avalanches. CPST 31/100 end