A shallow yet stable pit in Cooke

This 2-foot deep snowpit consisted of layers of crusts and facets. It was dug on a SW aspect at 9800' in Miller Drainage. Nothing broke clean in our stability tests and we are optimistic about it handling a load of new snow. Photo: GNFAC

Snowpit profile is here.

Location
Daisy Pass
Advisory Year
19-20

Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Sat Nov 30, 2019GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Sun Dec 1, 2019
Cooke City, 2019-11-27
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