Sheep Creek
Cooke City
Code
WL-N-R1-D1-S
Elevation
8800
Aspect Range
S, SE, SW, E, NE
Latitude
45.03440
Longitude
-109.98400
Notes
On 4/18/22 near Cooke City we witnessed natural rollerballs and pinwheels by 11 am, and a couple wet loose slides below cliffs on southerly slopes around noon, and were able to easily trigger pinwheels on west-southwest aspects around 1230-1pm.
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Wet loose-snow avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
1
D size
1
Bed Surface
S - Avalanche released within new snow
Problem Type
Wet Snow
Slab Thickness
3.0 inches
Vertical Fall
100ft
Slab Width
10.00ft
Images
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Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Multiple Avalanches
Advisory Year