Woody Ridge
Cooke City
Code
HS-N-R3-D3-O
Elevation
10000
Aspect
E
Latitude
44.97390
Longitude
-109.92400
Notes
From email: "Observed very limited terrain due to vis. Saw this very large avalanche on Climax. The crown looks fresh, so it likely occurred the day or night of 4/1?
Hard to tell but the crown looks to be about 4-6’ deep at its deepest. The debris ran to the creek.
E aspect at 10000’.
There were also several smaller soft slab avalanches that ran on the lookers right side of Climax.
On 4/1 we had a large collapse on a SE aspect at 9800’ where the MF crust was present under 60cm of new snow.
Winds were L-M with consistent gusts to S on Saturday."
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Hard slab avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
3
D size
3
Bed Surface
O - Old snow
Problem Type
Persistent Weak Layer
Slab Thickness
62.0 inches
Vertical Fall
1200ft
Snow Observation Source
Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year