Snowmachine triggered avalanche on Henderson

Henderson Mountain
Cooke City
Code
HS-AMu-R1-D2-O
Elevation
10000
Aspect
NE
Latitude
45.05240
Longitude
-109.94500
Notes

Skied on Henderson mountain the afternoon of 1/16. Wind was calm, snowfall was light and steady through the day with 3-4" of new snow.

Dug a pit on the east side of Henderson at the ridgeline above Henderson Bench. ENE, 10,075' elev. ECTP19 x3 on a layer of surface hoar buried 60cm (2 feet) deep. HS 260cm. There was an avalanche a few hundred feet north on an east-northeast facing slope below the ridge. It appeared to be snowbike triggered and 1-2+ days old. 150' wide and 250' vertical. HS-AMu-R2-D2-O. It appeared to have broke about 2' deep on that layer of surface hoar. (There was also a more recent natural avalanche (less than a day old) on Miller Ridge, slightly smaller. SS-N-R1-D1.5-O and probably broke on the surface hoar layer. Separate entry in avy log).

Number of slides
1
Number caught
0
Number buried
0
Avalanche Type
Hard slab avalanche
Trigger
Snowmobile
Trigger Modifier
u-An unintentional release
R size
1
D size
2
Bed Surface
O - Old snow
Problem Type
Persistent Weak Layer
Slab Thickness
24.0 inches
Vertical Fall
250ft
Slab Width
150.00ft
Weak Layer Grain type
Surface Hoar
Weak Layer grain size
6.00mm
Weak Layer Hardness
F+
Slab Thickness units
inches
Single / Multiple / Red Flag
Single Avalanche
Advisory Year