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From email: "Maiden Voyage to Goose Lake for the season today. Lots of wind drifted snow everywhere and challenging riding conditions. Performed Stability test on shoulder of Mount Fox NE facing slope at 10,300'. HS 180cm. ECTP2 40cm down on Buried Surface Hoar. ECTP 23 90cm down on MFcr with 1-2mm Facets. Saw several recent wind slab avalanches in steeper windloaded terrrain around Goose Lake, but limited activity was seen on Henderson. Lots of co/cr while touring on Mount Fox. D2 avalanche on east facing Mount Fox that appears to be on the SH layer, triggered by a cornice drop." 

Ob1: Photos 1-4, GNFAC

We rode out to Lulu Pass to look at the few avalanches that were reported yesterday on Henderson and Fisher Mtn. Today we did not see any avalanches that weren't previously reported, other than one small, but thick wind slab on south facing slope of Scotch Bonnet (photo). At least the avalanche on Fisher and one on Henderson broke near the ground (pics attached). Some slides were heavily refilled by drifted snow, so it was hard to tell how deep they broke.

Yesterday I saw a wide slab avalanche up on west Woody Ridge from town (photo attached). It happened late on Wednesday or overnight during or after the strong winds and snowfall.

Ob 2: B Fredlund, Photos 5-13

Quite a few natural avalanches observed north of Cooke City today.   Photos attached of:

5:  NE facing, 10,000, Miller Ridge

6:  E facing, 9900', Bull of the Woods Pass

7:  NE facing, 9700', Miller Ridge

8:  E facing, 10,200' Scotch Bonnet Mtn.

9:  E facing, 10,000 Mt. Henderson

10-12: NE- N facing, 10,000' Mt. Henderson

13:  NE facing, 10,000' Sheep Creek.