We are back in Cooke City this week with enough flatlanders to track up all of the easy stuff, lol.We arrived on Sunday with 29 Flatlanders ready to rip. We have room to join our next adventure to West Yellowstone Montana, pm or email for details.
The snowman has comith with more unforecasted snow. Like a magic eraser, the hills are all new again. It is going to be another great week at Bearclaw Bob's, Super 8, and the Bearclaw Bakery. Fresh pastries and fluffy new snow, a great start to your mountain morning.
The avalanche forecast from Avalanche.Org
Cooke City is a snow magnet. Over the past three days Fisher Creek Snotel site has recorded over a foot of snow totaling 1.7 inches of SWE (snow water equivalent). This new snow has provided plenty of ammunition for transport and wind slab development.
Upper elevation slopes leeward to west-southwest winds will be likely locations to encounter wind-drifted snow. With temperatures on the warm side, newly created wind-slabs will be stiff and stubborn. Although not hair trigger, recently formed wind slabs will likely fail under the weight of a skier or rider.
A secondary avalanche concern is a layer of buried surface hoar. The distribution of this layer is questionable, but it likely survived in isolated areas. With over a foot of new snow now capping it, this layer has the ability to catch you by surprise. I would be especially wary of buried surface hoar if skiing or riding on steep, sheltered slopes below treeline.
Today for the mountains around Cooke City, Human triggered avalanches are likely on wind loaded slopes which have a CONSIDERABLE avalanche danger. Non-wind loaded slopes have a MODERATE avalanche danger.
The snowman has comith with more unforecasted snow. Like a magic eraser, the hills are all new again. It is going to be another great week at Bearclaw Bob's, Super 8, and the Bearclaw Bakery. Fresh pastries and fluffy new snow, a great start to your mountain morning.
The avalanche forecast from Avalanche.Org
Cooke City is a snow magnet. Over the past three days Fisher Creek Snotel site has recorded over a foot of snow totaling 1.7 inches of SWE (snow water equivalent). This new snow has provided plenty of ammunition for transport and wind slab development.
Upper elevation slopes leeward to west-southwest winds will be likely locations to encounter wind-drifted snow. With temperatures on the warm side, newly created wind-slabs will be stiff and stubborn. Although not hair trigger, recently formed wind slabs will likely fail under the weight of a skier or rider.
A secondary avalanche concern is a layer of buried surface hoar. The distribution of this layer is questionable, but it likely survived in isolated areas. With over a foot of new snow now capping it, this layer has the ability to catch you by surprise. I would be especially wary of buried surface hoar if skiing or riding on steep, sheltered slopes below treeline.
Today for the mountains around Cooke City, Human triggered avalanches are likely on wind loaded slopes which have a CONSIDERABLE avalanche danger. Non-wind loaded slopes have a MODERATE avalanche danger.
