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Submit an Observation All Regions|Turnagain|Girdwood|Portage/Placer|Summit|Seward|Chugach State Park|Hatcher Pass|Other Regions| Photos | Date | Location | Observer | Avalanche? | General Observations |
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| 1550862840February 22, 2019 7:14pm | Hatcher Pass - Lone Tree Gulch? About 3 miles up little su valley from gold mint trailhead. | Yes | Observed this after driving down from skiing in pass today. Assume it was skier triggered as there was a skin track leading up to it, and then tracks leading down from avalanche site. Didn't look like … | ||
 | 1550840400February 22, 2019 1:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Eldorado Bench | APU Snow Science 1 toured to northern Eldorado Bowl to check out the snow from the recent storm. | ||
 | 1550682000February 20, 2019 5:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Government Peak | Skinned up from 1250' to 3300' on Government Peak and skied down. Two small hard slab avalanches that looked to have occurred during the 2/16-2/18 storm observed on NNE aspects at 2900' and 3200'. Sma … | ||
| 1550426820February 17, 2019 6:07pm | Hatcher Pass - Blueberry Knoll | Yes | Standard trail up Blueberry Knoll and beyond to the next bench. Snowing about an inch per hour with wind deposit. | ||
 | 1550425860February 17, 2019 5:51pm | Hatcher Pass - Crosshill | Avalanche 2 course crosshill to gold chord tour. | ||
 | 1550412000February 17, 2019 2:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Below Eldorado Bowl | AAS Level 2 Class. Widespread shooting cracks observed, numerous natural avalanches observed on slopes greater than 35 degrees. | ||
 | 1550088600February 13, 2019 8:10pm | Hatcher Pass - Skyscraper Peak | IMB>Eldorado Bowl>Skyscraper North Wind affected, drizzle crust on surface to our highpoint at 4300ยด Recent winds were only capable of moving small amounts of snow due to "drizzle" surface cr … | ||
 | 1549983600February 12, 2019 3:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Eldorado Bowl | Toured around IM bowl jumping on test slopes. Ascended Eldorado Bowl NE-most ridge to 3700'. Dug a pit and descended from there. | ||
 | 1549900800February 11, 2019 4:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Government Peak | Toured up from the road at 1100' to 3700' on Government Peak and descended near our skin track. No red flags and overall good ski quality. Whereas the "drizzle crust" is very noticeable and grabby in … | ||
| 1549627200February 8, 2019 12:00pm | Hatcher Pass - C Mountain | All sorts of debris, crowns, and bed surfaces in apron and couloir - great adventure skiing. Surprisingly deep blower in meadows, sank to waist upon hopping off of sled. Encountered ~120 cm of soft sn … | |||
| 1549537200February 7, 2019 11:00 | Hatcher Pass - Gov't Pk, SE ridge ~2850', SE aspect (location pin not working-ignore it) | Anonymous | Whoomph and multiple cracks shooting 30+ feet on a rumply, alder-patched slope averaging high 20's. 5 Feb brief morning drizzle crust on settled powder. No formal tests, felt like a rotten bottom snow … | ||
 | 1549461600February 6, 2019 2:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Idaho Peak | Yes | Third Party information shared with HPAC Remote and sympathetic avalanche triggered on North side of Idaho Peak | |
 | 1549386900February 5, 2019 5:15pm | Hatcher Pass - Marmot, Skyscraper, Ray Wallace Chutes | Skies cleared enough to get a look around the Independence Mine Bowl. | ||
 | 1549319464February 4, 2019 10:31pm | Hatcher Pass - Marmot SW face | Yes | Third party information: This party ascended the south ridge of Marmot from the Fishhook lot. They did 4 runs on the SW face of Marmot. On the fourth run they triggered an avalanche. One person cau … | |
 | 1549292400February 4, 2019 3:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Independence Mine Bowl | Had some good visibility to survey the landscape following the Saturday / Sunday storm. | ||
 | 1549281600February 4, 2019 12:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Upper Willow Creek | Had some good visibility to survey the landscape following the Saturday / Sunday storm. Snowmachined over to Upper Willow Creek. | ||
 | 1549281600February 4, 2019 12:00pm | Hatcher Pass - North end of Government Peak | Splendid weather. | ||
| 1549137600February 2, 2019 8:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Friendship Pass | Anonymous | Toured up past Gold Cord Mine to Friendship Pass, toured up cross hill, rode out the SE side to the groomed trail. | ||
 | 1548967920January 31, 2019 8:52pm | Hatcher Pass - Lost and Found Wall | IMB towards Friendship Pass, Crown investigation near Birthday pass, then ascend the Lost and Found Wall, Descend the Found Couloir on Granite Peak. | ||
| 1548614880January 27, 2019 6:48pm | Hatcher Pass - Arkose Ridge / Lone Tree Gulch | Toured up Goldmint to Lone Tree Gulch Drainage / Souvenir Peak drainage along Arkose ridge. As forecasted, found widespread wind slab as soon as we crested about 2400-2500 feet that was on an unstable … | |||
 | 1548603000January 27, 2019 3:30pm | Hatcher Pass - Low Eldorado Bowl Cornice | Low cornice below Eldorado Bowl. Cornice cross section | ||
 | 1548162000January 22, 2019 1:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Microdot | Toured up Microdot SE ridge to the col. Descended Nosebleeds to Gold Cord Lake. Terrible skiing and flat light with a great partner make for a fun day out in the mountains. | ||
 | 1547910000January 19, 2019 3:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Independence Creek | Variable snow surface conditions from soft and fluffy to too hard to get an edge.Always underlaid with faceted layers to ground | ||
 | 1547740800January 17, 2019 4:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Mill Run, Above Independence Mine | Skinned up to the Mill Run from Independence Mine to dig a full profile snow pit. While old tracks were filled in during the wind event last weekend, surface conditions on the Mill Run above Independe … | ||
 | 1547733600January 17, 2019 2:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Hatch Peak, North Face...just above $1000 Run | Toured up $1000 Run beneath north face of Hatch Peak to overlook of April Basin. Snow surface was supportable crust with no dust for most part. Wind affected surface. |
