Kind of a crap picture, but from the Dribbles today I noticed some natural activity on the SE face of Arden peak in the Maid Drainage, seemingly from cornice fall.
Skiers near Meridian Peak observed cracking in the snowpack. It appeared to be the wind-drifted snow sitting on top of a layer of feathery surface hoar buried about a foot under the snow. Photo: T Parrie
A snowmobiler triggered an avalanche while side-hilling. No one caught or injured. The debris was estimated to be 8' deep.
These 2 avalanches were triggered by snowmobilers on the south face of Sheep Mtn on 1/23. Photo: GNFAC
A snowmobiler was side-hilling a slope in Sunlight Basin and triggered an avalanche. The rider was not caught or injured. Photo: R. Deleers
This surface hoar crystal was pulled from the pit wall on Henderson Bench outside Cooke City. These feathers of snow are buried under a foot deep on some slopes. They are a weak layer that we are tracking throughout southwest MT. Photo: GNFAC
