Wind loading and some avalanches in the Northern Bridgers

The snow ranger crew was out in the Bridgers today.  The wind had just started picking up as we got out there and the 8-10" of new snow was really moving around.  We spent some time near Fairy Lake and then moved over towards the Throne.  By late afternoon there was lots of snow blowing through all of the bowls and down into the flats as well as heavy wind loading below the ridge top.  The new snow is on a fairly hard surface from last week's wind and warmth and we did spot a few storm snow avalanches coming off of Hard Scrabble.  As we left the Fairy Lake area we did notice several fresh slab avalanches along the ridge top and in the middle of the bowl between Naya Nuki and Sacajewea.