Natural in Republic Creek

Republic Creek
Cooke City
Code
SS-N-R2-D2.5-O
Elevation
9800
Aspect
NE
Latitude
44.98550
Longitude
-109.94100
Notes

From e-mail: "... This picture is from what I call the Sirens. Looks pretty recent. Steep terrain and repeat offender every season. We got some isolated collapses while skinning today. West face snowpit at 9600' revealed no issues with Thanksgiving later, but did get it to go 90cm deep on a Ect31, big wallop on basal facets."

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
2
D size
2.5
Bed Surface
O - Old snow
Problem Type
Persistent Weak Layer
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year