We rode up Daisy Pass road... saw a couple 8-10" deep natural avalanches on the steep slopes above Miller Creek that probably ran in the last 24-48hours. We had multiple collapses on the NE facing slope where we ski toured to dig our second pit. Photo: GNFAC
Trip Planning for Cooke City Area
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Relevant Avalanche Activity
Caught: 0 ; Buried: 0
Cracking and collapsing reported across the advisory area in the Bridger Range, Big Sky area, near West Yellowstone and Island Park, and near Cooke City.
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Coordinates: 45.0524, -109.9450
Caught: 0 ; Buried: 0
From GNFAC: We rode up Daisy Pass road... saw a couple 8-10" deep natural avalanches on the steep slopes above Miller Creek that probably ran in the last 24-48hours. We had multiple collapses on the NE facing slope where we ski toured to dig our second pit.
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Coordinates: 45.0202, -109.9380
Caught: 0 ; Buried: 0
Skied around Mt. Henderson today. Was finding around 28-35 cm of new snow at 9k'. Perhaps 10cms in town. Light density. Minor wind effect. Partly cloudy morning, turning mostly cloudy. Cold temps. Calm to light winds where I was, but lots of snow was being transported off the exposed ridgelines south of town. Quite a bit of cracking of the new snow this morning while breaking trail and while skiing, even though the wind effect was still Fist hardness. A couple of collapses noted as well in the deeper drifts.
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Constant red flags on W Henderson.
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From obs: "Lots of cracking and collapsing on skin track and ski cuts were reactive on steeper slopes. Dug on NE slope 9640'. HS 110cm ECTN 12 & ECTN 14 40cm down." Photo: R. Youngbar
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Skied around Mt. Henderson today. Was finding around 28-35 cm of new snow at 9k'. Perhaps 10cms in town. Light density. Minor wind effect. Partly cloudy morning, turning mostly cloudy. Cold temps. Calm to light winds where I was, but lots of snow was being transported off the exposed ridgelines south of town. Quite a bit of cracking of the new snow this morning while breaking trail and while skiing, even though the wind effect was still Fist hardness. A couple of collapses noted as well in the deeper drifts. Photo: B. Fredlund
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Skied around Mt. Henderson today. Was finding around 28-35 cm of new snow at 9k'. Perhaps 10cms in town. Light density. Minor wind effect. Partly cloudy morning, turning mostly cloudy. Cold temps. Calm to light winds where I was, but lots of snow was being transported off the exposed ridgelines south of town. Quite a bit of cracking of the new snow this morning while breaking trail and while skiing, even though the wind effect was still Fist hardness. A couple of collapses noted as well in the deeper drifts. Photo: B. Fredlund
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Bear tracks in the wind-eroded snow. Photo: B Fredlund
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Avalanches on Henderson Mountain near Cooke City were reported via instagram on 11/9/2023. Estimating they occurred a day earlier.
From message: "on Henderson in Cooke just above the lulu trail. It was surprising to see so much activity"
Photo: A. Mulkey
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Avalanches on Henderson Mountain near Cooke City were reported via instagram on 11/9/2023. Estimating they occurred a day earlier.
From message: "on Henderson in Cooke just above the lulu trail. It was surprising to see so much activity"
Photo: A. Mulkey
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From IG: “Pine creek today, some small wind slabs and a full depth wet slide off black mountain”
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From IG: “Pine creek today (10/21), some small wind slabs and a full depth wet slide off black mountain”
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From obs. "Was out alpine climbing today and observed the north face of Blackmore had slid already."
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Weather Stations- Cooke City Area
Weather Forecast Cooke City Area
Extended Forecast for2 Miles NNE Cooke City MT
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Today
Cold
High: 15 °F
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Tonight
Snow Likely
Low: 7 °F⇑
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Sunday
Snow Likely
High: 21 °F
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Sunday
NightChance Snow
Low: 16 °F
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Monday
Snow Likely
High: 25 °F
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Monday
NightChance Snow
then Partly
CloudyLow: 11 °F
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Tuesday
Sunny
High: 28 °F
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Tuesday
NightMostly Clear
Low: 12 °F
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Wednesday
Sunny
High: 33 °F
The Last Word

Listen to GNFAC Forecaster Dave Zinn on the Hoary Marmot Podcast for some extracurricular avalanche talk (link to episode).