Lawine

NE Henderson

Avalanche.org observerCooke City
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Quick report

Riding on the SW side of Henderson it was snowing heavily and winds were gusting from the SW all day. Great riding conditions. On our last lap we were traverse along the ridge line and intentionally triggered a large wind slab avalanche on the NE side of Henderson.

Avalanche

Size
D1.5
Aspect
NE
Trigger
AS
Elevation
10000 ft

While walking along the Henderson ridge line we intentionally triggered a large wind slab avalanche down the NE side of Henderson. Crown looked to be ~1ft deep and broke ~500ft wide and ran the ~300 vertical feet to the bench below.