Avalanche: Hatcher Pass

Location: Fishhook trailhead to summit lake snowmachine route

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Route & General Observations

South facing slopes, multiple slides onto snow machine trail up to summit lake. Obstructing trail. Observed one slide happen from warming at 2pm today back farther in the valley as well.

Avalanche Details
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Trigger NaturalRemote Trigger No
Avalanche Type Wet Loose SnowAspect South
ElevationunknownSlope Angleunknown
Crown DepthunknownWidthunknown
Vertical Rununknown  
Avalanche Details

Watched it break away from rocks in a chute and slide a couple hundred feet. The other avalanches we saw slid over the snowmahcine trail, we didn’t see them active

Red Flags
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Obvious signs of instability
Recent Avalanches?Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?No
Observer Comments

Warming, roller balls and sluff

Weather & Snow Characteristics
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Weather

Hot and sunny

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