Avalanche

Town Hill

BMG-Level 1Cooke City
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Quick report

Cracking
specific

Dug a pit on Town Hill near the cave on a wind loaded feature/slope. SE-8500'-32 degrees-HS260. ECTN18 24cm down, ECTN21+1 41cm down, ECTP24+1 86cm down. We observed cracking wind slabs on test slopes. We also observed cornices breaking above Town Hill gully (see picture).

Avalanche

Size
D1.5
Aspect
NE
Trigger
N
Elevation
9800 ft

Observed an avalanche on the north side of the Fin while touring up Town Hill.