From IG message 5/10: "Made it most the way up Ross today turning around at the step up to the east shoulder. New snow is resting on a layer of graupel. New snow has not bonded to the old. CT12, Q2 at 90cm from the ground. HS=150cm'
From IG story 5/8/24: "@mtavalanche remote triggers today in Cooke City. 2-4' of fresh north of round lake."
From IG story 5/8/24: "@mtavalanche remote triggers today in Cooke City. 2-4' of fresh north of round lake."
From IG story 5/8/24: "@mtavalanche remote triggers today in Cooke City. 2-4' of fresh north of round lake."
Up on the Ridge this morning, the recent snow had developed a 3-5 cm crust, and remained moist underneath. No active signs of instability while the snow remained cold, except for the various crowns from slides which broke during the storm (Avalanche Gulch, North Bowl, etc.), and lots of rollerballs from yesterday. Within an hour of sunrise the surface crust began to break down, and small loose releases were beginning to rain down from cliffs and around the large cornices. The cornices, some reaching the size of a small car, were already visibly sagging and many smaller cornices easily released under body weight.
From email 5/8/24: "A few snaps from today. Observed several D2 slides between sluice box and the nose. I didn't see the toe of these slides, but it looked like there were running with some speed into mid elevation terrain. Slabs were most common in winded terrain, but slides flanked out on new/old interface and 4/26 crust (these layers are not very far apart) even in sheltered middle elevation terrain. Visibility was poor, but I'd expect to see similar large slides in steep, winded terrain
4/26 crust down:
55-60cm at 6500
65-70cm at bridger mid
75+cm at ridgeline"
From email 5/8/24: "A few snaps from today. Observed several D2 slides between sluice box and the nose. I didn't see the toe of these slides, but it looked like there were running with some speed into mid elevation terrain. Slabs were most common in winded terrain, but slides flanked out on new/old interface and 4/26 crust (these layers are not very far apart) even in sheltered middle elevation terrain. Visibility was poor, but I'd expect to see similar large slides in steep, winded terrain" Photo: B. VandenBos
From email 5/8/24: "A few snaps from today. Observed several D2 slides between sluice box and the nose. I didn't see the toe of these slides, but it looked like there were running with some speed into mid elevation terrain. Slabs were most common in winded terrain, but slides flanked out on new/old interface and 4/26 crust (these layers are not very far apart) even in sheltered middle elevation terrain. Visibility was poor, but I'd expect to see similar large slides in steep, winded terrain" Photo: B. VandenBos
From email 5/8/24: "A few snaps from today. Observed several D2 slides between sluice box and the nose. I didn't see the toe of these slides, but it looked like there were running with some speed into mid elevation terrain. Slabs were most common in winded terrain, but slides flanked out on new/old interface and 4/26 crust (these layers are not very far apart) even in sheltered middle elevation terrain. Visibility was poor, but I'd expect to see similar large slides in steep, winded terrain" Photo: B. VandenBos
