Avalanches from Eldorado happened today/ Saturday 3/4.
Avalanche pictures from Vice Presidents happened on Friday 3/3.
Toured up the road to document recent avalanches and tour up Eldorado. This obs includes pics from the remotely triggered avalanche on Marmot/Vice President’s on 3/3. I also observed several new persistent slabs human triggered today on steep south aspects in Eldorado Bowl, directly adjacent to yesterdays avalanche.
Avalanches from Eldorado happened today/ Saturday 3/4.
Avalanche pictures from Vice Presidents happened on Friday 3/3.
Trigger | Snowboarder | Remote Trigger | Unknown |
Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | South Southeast |
Elevation | 4000ft | Slope Angle | unknown |
Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
Vertical Run | 600ft |
Observed several new human triggered slab avalanches that occurred today in upper Eldorado Bowl on South aspects between 4000-4400' today. These avalanches were directly adjacent, same aspect and elevation to the slab that was triggered yesterday. See todays forecast for information here: https://hpavalanche.org/forecast/hatcherpass/03-04-2023/
It appears that each run an avalanche was triggered.
Not sure if anyone was caught and carried or injured.
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Yup, lots of recent avalanches on southerly aspects. 6 new avalanches reported on Friday and at least 4 today/Saturday.