Pebble Creek - YNP
Cooke City
Code
SS-N-R1-D1.5-O
Elevation
8800
Latitude
45.02540
Longitude
-110.03100
Notes
From obs: "Naturals from Pebble today. Appeared to be failing on the SH 20cm down. I dug at 8800’, SE, HS150, ECTP11, failing on 2mm SH that’s sitting on top of 20-30 cm of small grain facets. Multiple hand pits failed during isolation on same layer."
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Natural trigger
R size
1
D size
1.5
Bed Surface
O - Old snow
Problem Type
Persistent Weak Layer
Slab Thickness
8.0 inches
Weak Layer Grain type
Surface Hoar
Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Multiple Avalanches
Advisory Year