Avalanche: Hatcher Pass

Location: Blueberry Knoll

Date:

February 17, 2019 6:07pm

Observer:

Russell Johanson

Route & General Observations

Standard trail up Blueberry Knoll and beyond to the next bench. Snowing about an inch per hour with wind deposit.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Soft Slab	Aspect	South
Elevation	2800ft	Slope Angle	24deg
Crown Depth	24in	Width	15ft
Vertical Run	200ft

Avalanche Details

Multiple small skier-triggered avalanches on the bench above Blueberry Knoll. These were all on soft slabs of storm snow, over 2 feet thick, running on old snow. Going to be touchy out there tomorrow.

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Obvious signs of instability

Recent Avalanches?	No
Collapsing (Whumphing)?	Yes
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?	No

Observer Comments

Weak snowpack structure, recent heavy snow loading.

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