Skier triggered small wind slabs near Cooke

Town Hill
Cooke City
Code
SS-ASc-R1-D1-I
Elevation
8700
Aspect
S
Latitude
45.02560
Longitude
-109.93700
Notes

From message: "went for two runs off town hill [last night, 2/18/22]. ECTP14 1.5 feet down on a true south aspect. Also managed to trigger a few small soft slabs around rollers (15 feet wide, ran about 15 feet downhill), the biggest one was about 1 foot deep at the crown". Photo: T. Saulnier

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Soft slab avalanche
Trigger
Skier
Trigger Modifier
c-A controlled or intentional release by the indicated trigger
R size
1
D size
1
Bed Surface
I - Interface between new and old snow
Problem Type
Wind-Drifted Snow
Slab Thickness
12.0 inches
Vertical Fall
15ft
Slab Width
15.00ft
Images
Skier triggered small wind slabs near Cooke
Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year
21-22