Cooke City Avalance Pictures

[TheArtist]

These are some pictures I took on Scotch Bonnet on 12-04-07. It was late in the day so the quality sucks. The first two pictures are on the Lulu side and every thing in the pictures slid. The third Picture is on the Sheep side of Scotch Bonnet and it had all slid as well. In addition to these areas the chutes above the Lulu cabins slid. The Avalanche guys said the fracture line was over a mile long. Thankfully the North Dakotan that got caught wasn't hurt severly.

 

[zr600]

Isn't that the same area somebody from north dakota got killed last season? I was out there last fri, and sat, saw a few guys highmarcking in them chutes by lu lu and just thought to myself if they new why there aren't any trees there in the chutes. Talked to them and they just said that the they didn't think the avy danger was that bad. We always stay off of that stuff no matter what the danger is that stuff always slides. People that come out here just need to get some kind of avy training.

 

[snow_knight]

we ride lulu and sheep quite a bit when we are up there.. its slid on us a couple of times.. however everyone in our group is avy trained and wears beacons.. so its a little piece of mind.. one person climbing at a time.. but i have seen some bad slides around that area before

 

[AdrenalineAddict]

The beacon comes in most handy to locate dead cold bodies, don't let it give you a false sense of security. For some reason alot of riders from the midwest don't recognize terrain traps.

 

[151Viper]

Me and a few of my riding buddies are going to attend a avalanche class in Fargo tomorrow. I am pretty excited to finally learn from a professional. We have been going to Cooke for about the last 6 years but we have always just stayed away from anything that looked to dangerous. We go out there to have a good time and have everyone ride home with us. The way I have always seen it is that there is a lot of fun to be had off of the big slopes.

 

[slednutz]

snow_knight if it has slid on you then why do you still try and pull it just becuase you are avy trained does not mean your safe from avalanches if it has sled in you before than I think that would be the perfect hint to not climb there it is basically just an avalanche area

 

[StuckAgain13]

That is probably one of the most avy prone areas I have seen. We stay off of those hills completely now. The first year we wee in Cooke, We were climbing there and luckily nothing slid. None of the people in our group even bother with those hills now after hearing stories and seeing all of the masive debris piles at the bottom. Tht is actually one spot I am always keeping my eye on if I am just riding on the trail underneath it. Stay safe everyone!

 

[FEZ]

The beacon comes in most handy to locate dead cold bodies, don't let it give you a false sense of security. For some reason alot of riders from the midwest don't recognize terrain traps.

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