Large Persistent Slab Avalanche in Hayden Creek

Hayden Creek
Cooke City
Code
SS-N-R3-D3-O
Aspect
NE
Latitude
44.99520
Longitude
-109.90800
Notes

While touring today, we saw a deep slab avalanche at the southern end of the Hayden Creek drainage. NE aspect. It seemed to be recent, likely in the last day or so.

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
3
D size
3
Bed Surface
O - Old snow
Problem Type
Persistent Weak Layer
Snow Observation Source
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year