Cooke City, SW aspect, 9700 ft.

Felt snowpack collapse under the weight of snowmobile on low angle slope. Dug a pit while touring up SW aspect at 9700 ft, results ECTN 12. Snowpack depth around 4.5 ft, incomplete propagation occurred beneath a wind slap at 14” depth. High winds were transporting snow fast enough to fill in sections skin track by the time we descended. Low angle skiing was great.