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This week's new snow buried a layer of facets sitting on an ice crust on a south facing slope off Henderson Ridge. This layering does not seem to be widespread, but the low test scores with a growing wind slab are enough to cause concern. Photo: GNFAC
 


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Cooke City, 2017-02-03
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    • GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Fri Feb 3, 2017

    Snowpack and Avalanche Discussion

    Cooke City

    The mountains around Cooke City picked up 3-5” of low density snow over the past 24 hours. This puts the four-day total at close to 3 feet. Light wind the past few days combined with a good bond between the new snow and old snow surface has kept avalanche activity to a minimum (video). This could all change as winds are forecasted to increase throughout the day.

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