Cracking and Collapsing, Cooke City

From Obs: "On a W facing slope in dense trees just east of the Republic Creek skin track , 8200" - 9200". Snow was not wind loaded at all. There was a buried weak layer about a foot below the new snow, but the new snow had not formed a slab so stability seemed good. There was one incident of a collapse crossing a small gully at about 40deg, a crack formed but did not slide probably due to no wind loading ."