All of these avalanches occurred after the March 4 and March 9 storms except for sluffs on Marmot.
Observation: Hatcher Pass
Location: Eldorado
-Pleasant skiing from 3-7pm. Partly sunny about 1pm-6pm.
-Roller balls and wet sluffs on southern rocky faces. Some ice and hard wind slabs along ridgetops, particularly south facing.
-10-20cm ski pen. Nicest snow on north aspects. South also skied well in some cases.
-pole probing showed a stiffer layer about 20cm down
-lots of wind texture remains from the big storm a few week ago. Leads to surprising bumps in flat light.
-no formal instability tests
-noticed 3 foot cracks along ridgetops and cornices.
-some natural avalanches observed, did not seem to have occured today. 1 large slab on sled side on west face of ridge backing onto Eldorado.
Forecaster Comments
Valley of Sin old avy
Marmot old avy
Skyscraper sun effect
Marmot solar
Nosebleeds slab
Marmot slab
Nice snow
Soft slab cacking near top of Eldorado