Human triggered avalanche - Cooke City 1/25/14

Human triggered avalanche - Cooke City 1/25/14

This slide was triggered up Sheep Creek outside of Cooke City. The snowbilier who triggered the slide was able to avoid being buried, but his sled ended up partially buried. The slide was triggered on a covex slope that had a shallow and weak snowpack. Photo CCA


Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Sun Jan 26, 2014GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Mon Jan 27, 2014GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Tue Jan 28, 2014GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Wed Jan 29, 2014GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Fri Jan 31, 2014GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Sat Feb 1, 2014
Cooke City, 2014-01-25
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