Avalanche: Hatcher Pass

Location: Goldmint

Date:

April 19, 2020 4:33pm

Observer:

Zachary Liller

Route & General Observations

Three folks departed Goldmint Trailhead about 10:45. Toured to about 2900 ft. Snow surface was able to support skier weight quite well until about 12:00, and then it started to get punchy. We chose lowest possible angles on the decent. Numerous local collapses near the upper alder line. Observed a moderate sized wet slab avalanche, which we may have remote triggered from below. There was a terrain feature between us and the slide path which provided natural protection.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Unknown	Remote Trigger	Unknown
Avalanche Type	Wet Slab	Aspect	Northeast
Elevation	2900ft	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

Moderately short but steep slope. Crown appeared to be a few feet deep.

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Observer Comments

Wet poorly supported snowpack. Many wet slide avalanches on all aspects running to valley bottom.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Warm and overcast

Snow surface

Wet

Snowpack

Wet and poorly supported.

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