Just wanted to send in a quick ob about snowfall.. in the last 24 hours at the Roost it snowed about 4 inches despite Fisher recording 0 inches of SWE
Today, during a level 1 avalanche course north of Cooke City, we did a total of 7 ECTs north of Companion Lake. We did 4 ECTs at 9640ft, two on a NW aspect and two on a SE aspect. These were all ECTNs in the mid 20s. We did 3 more ECTs on a north facing slope at 9380ft. Here we got two ECTXs and one ECTN 25. The buried surface hoar layer from early December was visible in every pit, ranging from 90 cm to 105 cm deep. The deepest snow we found was 185cm.
3-4 foot crown about 100 yards wide on East face of sheep mountain.
3-4 foot crown about 100 yards wide on East face of sheep mountain. Photo: Mike F
3-4 foot crown about 100 yards wide on East face of sheep mountain. Photo: Mike F
3-4 foot crown about 100 yards wide on East face of sheep mountain.
On Jan 2, 2025 We rode over Daisy Pass and out to Abundance, then around Fisher and behind Scotch Bonnet, and back to Lulu Road. Visability was marginal with overcast skies and light snowfall in and out through the day. Wind was light to moderate with moderate gusts. Moving some snow from trees and along the surface, stiffening slabs. Snowfall rates picked up this evening.
We saw three avalanches just north of Daisy Pass and one on Henderson Mtn. The one on Henderson was difficult to see the crown, but we could see the debris. Two of the slides north of Daisy were 2-3' deep and 100-150' wide and ran into thick stands of trees, looked like thick soft slabs/drifts of recent snowfall. The other slide was 1-2' deep and 300-500' wide, soft slab of recent snow.
