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Natural Avalanche on Sheep Mountain

Sheep Mountain
Cooke City
Code
SS-N-R2-D2-O
Elevation
10200
Aspect
NE
Latitude
45.07240
Longitude
-109.92600
Notes

From Beartooth Powder Guides: Saw this small natural avalanche today while coming back from the yurt. While being small on the relativity scale, it seems to have broke fairly deep.

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
2
D size
2
Bed Surface
O - Old snow
Images
Natural avalanche on Sheep Mountain
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year
21-22

Whumpfing in Specimen Creek

Specimen Creek
Southern Gallatin
Code
AS
Elevation
7800
Aspect
E
Latitude
45.02830
Longitude
-111.07100
Notes

ECTP 8 @ 15cm 7800' E. on Specimen Ridge. LOC: Fist hard basal faces below a decomposing crust about 10cm off the ground Lots of whomping on lee and sheltered slopes. We noticed a few pinwheels at later in day below 7500'. Generally poor structure and poor strength. I don't know what SWAG notation for sagebrush is but lots of that...

Number of slides
0
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Trigger
Skier
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Red Flag
Advisory Year
21-22

Specimen Creek

Date
Activity
Skiing

ECTP 8 @ 15cm 7800' E. on Specimen Ridge. LOC: Fist hard basal faces below a decomposing crust about 10cm off the ground
Lots of whomping on lee and sheltered slopes. We noticed a few pinwheels at later in day below 7500'.
Generally poor structure and poor strength. I don't know what SWAG notation for sagebrush is but lots of that...

Region
Southern Gallatin
Location (from list)
Specimen Creek
Observer Name
Ryan Griffiths
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