Observation: Hatcher Pass

Location: 1000$ Run

Date:

March 14, 2018 2:30pm

Observer:

Fredrik Norrsell Professional

Red Flags

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Observer Comments

None

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Fog, Snowfall, very poor visibility, no wind.

Snow surface

New Snow

Snowpack

Poor structure, primary concern- deep weak facet layer. In our tests it didn't propagate and required lots of force to affect in compression tests. Two soft layers (4F) of wind affected snow near the surface.

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1000$ run, Hatcher pass

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