Winds slabs near Arrastra

These slides are in the Absarokas, outside of our advisory area. 

From email (1/30/2020): "We went for a tour up Arrastra Creek in the Absarokas and were not the least bit surprised to find recent avalanche activity, shoot cracks and unstable results. We stayed out of avalanche terrain but still got a good look at a lot of new-ish crowns. All of the slides appeared to be 1-2 days old and ran naturally. Most looked like wind slabs that broke on thin rocky terrain and under cornice failures. Some stepped down to the depth hoar, which easily makes up 70% of the snowpack out there. All slides were on eastern aspects."

 

Location
Arrastra Creek
Out of Advisory Area, 2020-01-31