Avalanches North of Cooke City

While sledding today we observed 3 different avalanches. The first was on E Henderson above the bench in nearly the same spot as the 12/30 avalanche. It ran sometime between 11:30 and 12:30 today. 

The second was on the north aspect of Scotch Bonnet. The third was on the north aspect of Crown Butte. We don't think these broke on any deep PWLs, since none of the crowns were impressively deep. The latter two likely ran at the end of the storm yesterday. The crowns were starting to drift in, but there was little to no new snow on the debris. 

Notably, there is a widespread dust layer on the snow surface, and possibly another layer further down within the recent storm snow. 

Blowing snow was moderate to intense at ridgetops and west aspects are scoured. Winds were light to moderate out of the S and W. Skies were SCT to BKN.