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</style><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">Preliminary reports from Thursday were just starting to come in at the time of publishing this bulletin: Storm slabs up to size 2.5 were triggered by explosive control work on all aspects between 2000 and 2400 m. A skier accidentally triggered a size 1 storm slab on a steep north facing feature at 2250 m as well. Natural avalanche activity is expected to persist through Thursday night and may continue into Friday morning.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On Wednesday avalanche activity was limited to dry loose avalanches in steep terrain. The exception was a report from the RMR backcountry where a group triggered a size 2.5 avalanche on a steep south/southeast facing terrain feature immediately lee of ridgecrest at approximately 2250 m. A ski was lost, but everyone made it out okay.</span></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><span class="s_3FE45715">On December 31st a notable avalanche occurred just north of the region. The large (size 3) persistent slab release was skier triggered below ridgecrest on a southwest aspect in the Connaught Creek area in Glacier National Park. </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ParksMountainSafety/photos/a.1997141533669159/1997141597002486/?type=3&amp;theater" target="_blank"><span class="s_B5813F7D">Photo available here.</span></a><span class="s_AA239A9B" /></p><p class="p_CC664AAA"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ParksMountainSafety/photos/a.1997141533669159/1997141597002486/?type=3&amp;theater" target="_blank" /><span class="s_3FE45715"> </span></p>