Weak facets are under the new snow

Riding around Cooke City on all aspects we found a weak layer of near-surface facets buried under the new snow. This layer may persist for a while and with additional weight (new snow or wind-loading) it could avalanche in the coming weeks. This picture shows the top 80 cm of the snowpack. Photo: GNFAC

Advisory Year
17-18

Forecast link: GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Mon Dec 18, 2017GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Wed Dec 20, 2017GNFAC Avalanche Advisory for Thu Dec 21, 2017
Cooke City, 2017-12-17
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