Natural Avlanche N Face of Sunset/Wolverine

Wolverine Peak
Cooke City
Code
SS-N-R1-D1.5
Aspect
N
Latitude
45.04690
Longitude
-110.00100
Notes

We observed a north-facing natural sluff turn into a reasonable slide release over the cliff bands from the ridge line between Miller and Wolverine today while skinning on the flat bench above the road out to Wolverine Peak today. I think it released right at Sunset peak. It may have started with a cornice release but was more like wind loading on the steep face. We also saw some minor cracking on north facing wind loaded roll overs above the bench. We opted to descend low-angle trees back to our sled and to go ski Henderson.

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
1
D size
1.5
Problem Type
New Snow
Slab Thickness units
centimeters
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year