Cabin Creek Snowpit

Cabin Creek Snowpit

This snowpit in the Cabin Creek area of the Southern Madison Range has a total snowpack depth of almost 4 feet.  The bottom 2 feet is all weak, sugary facets and the upper 2 feet is a slab.  See the complete snow profile graph here.   Photo: B. Radecky

 

This image is from the following advisory:
GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Sat Jan 14, 2012
GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Tue Jan 17, 2012