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Submit an Observation All Regions|Turnagain|Girdwood/Portage|Placer|Summit|Chugach State Park|Hatcher Pass|Outside of Advisory Area| Photos | Date | Location | Observer | Avalanche? | General Observations |
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 | 1545130800December 18, 2018 11:00 | Hatcher Pass - $1000 Run / April Bowl | Toured up $1000 to look for natural avalanche activity and check out general conditions. | ||
 | 1545048000December 17, 2018 12:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Cross Hill | Toured from Independence Mine parking lot to the base of Cross Hill. When we arrived at the base of Cross Hill, I experienced the loudest Whumph I have heard to this point. We dug a pit and the result … | ||
 | 1545048000December 17, 2018 12:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Skyscraper Mountain | Had some great visibility today in Hatcher Pass. Was able to spot recent natural avalanches on Skyscraper Mountain, Eldorado Bowl, and possibly Hatch Peak. | ||
 | 1544965200December 16, 2018 1:00pm | Hatcher Pass - The Independence Mill below 900 ft Portal / Tramway | Toured around the Gold Chord area, the old Independence Mill, and water tunnel, below 900 ft portal/tramway. | ||
| 1544895060December 15, 2018 5:31pm | Hatcher Pass - Two groups on 1,000 dollar ridge, one on bench below Skyscraper near Independence Mine | Alaska Avalanche School Level 1 Class Field Observations Day so we didn't travel far, but we dug a ton of pits. Noted no new avalanche activity or red flags | |||
 | 1544882400December 15, 2018 2:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Peak 4068 | Parked at upper road run lot, crossed creek and up the east shoulder of peak 4068 to 3650ft. Experienced propagating collapsing woompf and dug a pit to investigate. Skied down from the pit location … | ||
 | 1544829938December 14, 2018 11:25pm | Hatcher Pass - Microdot S and Nosebleed | Traveled from IMB parking to Microdot South Face and North face, Nose Bleed. Low density snow on top 10-30 cm. Some light wind effect on snow above 4200' | ||
 | 1544702400December 13, 2018 12:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Microdot | Toured up Microdot to 4200' to have a look at the snowpack | ||
 | 1544450400December 10, 2018 2:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Hatch Peak > $1000 Run | Yes | Willow Fishhook Road to Hatch Common, triggered remote avalanche on 35 degree N slope on $1000 run, then traveled to the 12/9/2018 avalanche site, conducted crown profile and instability tests. Skied … | |
| 1544389620December 9, 2018 9:07pm | Hatcher Pass - 4068 | Yes | Sledding hill to 4068 via south aspect ridgeline | ||
 | 1544371200December 9, 2018 4:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Marmot, Eldorado Bowl, Hatch Peak | Yes | Numerous human triggered avalanches in Hatcher Pass today. | |
 | 1544364000December 9, 2018 2:00pm | Hatcher Pass - 1000 Dollar Run, Hatch Peak | Yes | Toured the road to 1000 dollar. Avalanche triggered by a party on the north face of Hatch Peak. Remotely triggered by the buried skier or his partner in another party. Crown likely 2-3ft, 200ft across … | |
 | 1544363100December 9, 2018 1:45pm | Hatcher Pass - $1,000 run | Anonymous | Yes | Good reminder to: - ski one at a time, - keep an eye on people while they ski, even if not part of your party and on a low angle slope. Slope being skied was ~25 degrees, but adjacent slope was m … |
 | 1544362200December 9, 2018 1:30pm | Hatcher Pass - Hatch Peak, $1000 Run, Marmot | Yes | Toured up the Fishhook-Wasilla Road to approach Hatch Peak from the northwest ridge between April Bowl and $1000 run twice on December 9th, 2018. | |
 | 1544360400December 9, 2018 1:00pm | Hatcher Pass - NW Aspect Hatch Peak | Yes | Skinned the road all the way to the Pass, visibility increased over the day. A few days old Avalanche in the NW Aspect of Hatch Peak. Skied down to the Valley and toured back up to the Pass. Severa … | |
 | 1544360400December 9, 2018 1:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Cross Hill | Toured up to Cross Hill to have a look at the snowpack. | ||
 | 1544356800December 9, 2018 12:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Eldorado Bowl | Yes | Toured up east side of Eldorado Bowl from the main parking lot. Didn't get any whumpfing or cracking until I gained the ridge line of Skyscraper. Once on the ridge, I remote triggered (~10' away from … | |
 | 1544346000December 9, 2018 9:00 | Hatcher Pass - N side of SE ridge of Gov Pk (and seperate ob on SE spur of Frostbite) | Anonymous | Yes | Skin up from 10.2 mile Palmer-Fishhook pullout. Lots of wind transport first half of day. Avy on Gov SE ridge was natural, on steep 30+. Windpocket microslab on Frostbite was ski cut. |
| 1544306400December 8, 2018 10:00pm | Hatcher Pass - Independence Mine | Yes | Observation from the Independence Mine area during the AAS Pro 1 Bridge exam. | ||
 | 1544253660December 8, 2018 7:21 | Hatcher Pass - Gold Chord hill | Just went up a tiny bit above the nordic loop above the Mine solely for the purpose of digging a pit to investigate snowpack | ||
 | 1544012100December 5, 2018 12:15pm | Hatcher Pass - Independence Mine Bowl | Toured from PL at end Hatcher Rd along base of Eldorado Bowl to Independence park mine bldgings. Ski cut tests on steep W. facing slopes along creek produced no results. Snow moderately dense and most … | ||
| 1543854000December 3, 2018 4:20pm | Hatcher Pass - April Bowl/Pass Road | Climbed up the road a bit then split lookers left across the gully and up onto the low benches below April Bowl. Stopped and dug a pit on the highest of these. Turned around there. Lots of soft, new s … | |||
 | 1543787040December 2, 2018 9:44pm | Hatcher Pass - Hatcher Pass propper, near April Bowl | Yes | We toured from the closed gate up to Hatcher Pass proper near Summit lake. Started moving off the road SW and up the spur in the direction of Hatch Peak. About 100 feet up from the road moving in the … | |
 | 1543785900December 2, 2018 9:25pm | Hatcher Pass - Hatcher Pass/Summit Lake | Yes | Toured back the Hatcher Pass road to the pass. Between 1pm and 4pm, light snow, temps high 20s, increasing cloud cover. Low snow, however, decent coverage all thing considered. | |
 | 1543611775November 30, 2018 9:02pm | Hatcher Pass - $1000 Run, Quake Day | Road Observations, Hike up Fishhook-Willow road, cross creek, up $1000 Run to 3706', descend $1000 Run |
