Skier triggered slab near Cooke

COOKE CITY
Cooke City
Code
SS-AS-R2-D1.5-I
Elevation
8000
Aspect
S
Latitude
45.02020
Longitude
-109.93800
Notes

From email on 2/21/20: "...observed today from the highway. It appears like it was probably triggered by a skier yesterday (on Feb. 20).  It was on a south aspect around 8,000', and estimated to be 1-2' deep and about 30' wide.

Additionally, there were a couple of wet, point release avalanches that ran today on other southerly aspects,  due to abundant sunshine and warming temps.  Aside from that, no other slab avalanche activity nor signs of instability observed this last week around Cooke City."

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Skier
R size
2
D size
1.5
Bed Surface
I - Interface between new and old snow
Problem Type
New Snow
Slab Thickness
18.0 inches
Vertical Fall
75ft
Slab Width
30.00ft
Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year