Natural wet loose near Cooke and Livingston

COOKE CITY
Cooke City
Code
WL-N-R1-D1.5-G
Elevation
7500
Latitude
45.02020
Longitude
-109.93800
Notes

From email: "[Near Mill Creek] We saw a natural wet slab that had released recently on a nw slope at around 7000’ (WS-N-R1-D1.5-G). Also got a big co collapse n a sw as aspect t about 7500’ on a moist layer of 4mm dept depth hoar was only about 50cm where I got the coll collapse erall the snow was some wet hot garbage on all aspects,..."

Separate email: "Photo attached of some wet loose avy activity observed today just west of Cooke City (south aspect , around 8200').  Overall though, minimal wet avalanche activity observed with this significant warm up. No additional sl slab valanche activity observed this week,..."

Number of slides
2
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Wet loose-snow avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
1
D size
1.5
Bed Surface
G - Ground
Problem Type
Wet Snow
Slab Thickness
18.0 inches
Vertical Fall
150ft
Slab Width
40.00ft
Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Multiple Avalanches
Advisory Year