Cooke City Snow Conditions for 2022/23
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Dig pits every trip
worth your time and money
Last week I was puting a check valve in a drain line at home 9' below grade.
There had been a bit of sloughing further up the trench (older dig), and I was down a cpl more feet than that.
The news had just mentioned about someone getting caught in the same situation, and I am aware of the dangers...
And then this avi in Cooke.
So I asked Mrs. Ox if she would be able to just check on me regularly, but it turned out that she was out of town, but she said that maybe I should wear my beacon...
I opted to dig the upper half of the area that I was working a little wider ...
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There had been a bit of sloughing further up the trench (older dig), and I was down a cpl more feet than that.
The news had just mentioned about someone getting caught in the same situation, and I am aware of the dangers...
And then this avi in Cooke.
So I asked Mrs. Ox if she would be able to just check on me regularly, but it turned out that she was out of town, but she said that maybe I should wear my beacon...
I opted to dig the upper half of the area that I was working a little wider ...
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THANK YOU for posting that!!!!!!
I don’t know . I saw this on Facebook today but realize it’s old because unfortunately there have been fatalities last year also. The training is still going though so I thought it’d be good for someone new to the area or someone who was becoming more serious about mountain riding.
I can't remember how often, but it's not uncommon for people to get buried in what you'd call a roof avalanche. Makes a good argument for steep pitched roofs (over 45 degrees), although those are more difficult and expensive to build and maintain. You definitely wouldn't be worried about that if a ton of snow just fell on you though...
Got snow!
