Big Avalanche Crown, N. Absaroka Range
Date
Activity
Skiing
From email: "Saw this recent crown while xc skiing out above Mill Creek today. It's on the east-southeast aspect of Peak 10526 east of Emigrant Peak at ~10,200'. In what I like to call the Arrastra Ridge Avalanche Observatory Plot*. The photo is taken approximately 5 miles in line of sight from the crown. It is roughly 1000' wide. If I had to guess, the crown is 10'+ tall—definitely a very destructive avalanche. I won't venture a guess on the rating. I'd bet good money it ran all the way to the lake at the head of Burnt Creek and rearranged some timber.
*If one wanted to create a laboratory for observing large, regularly occurring naturally triggered avalanches, this would be one of the best locations in SW MT."
Region
Out of Advisory Area
Location (from list)
Arrastra Creek
Observer Name
Andrew Whitmore