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GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Wed Jan 25, 2012
Snowpack and Avalanche Discussion
The southern Madison and southern Gallatin Ranges, Lionhead area near West Yellowstone and mountains around Cooke City:
This natural avalanche occured very early in the morning of Jan 24 after only a few inches of snow fell. This slope is easterly facing around 9000' elevation. When only a few inches of snow and some wind leads to natural avalanche activity, conditions are very unstable. Many other slides were seen on similar slopes. Some recent, some a few days old. Photo: GNFAC
GNFAC Avalanche Forecast for Tue Jan 24, 2012
Snowpack and Avalanche Discussion
The southern Madison and southern Gallatin Ranges, Lionhead area near West Yellowstone and mountains around Cooke City:
From an email: "Today me and friends were shuttling laps on lulu pass and watched a snomobiler get caught in a slide in those avalanche chutes next to the old cabin at the bottom of the pass. He was caught and buried but had a arm sticking out when we got there right away. We dug him out and he was not hurt. There was two other slide runouts visible on the same aspect and obvious signs of instability. Black is where the victim was buried.