Avalanche: Hatcher Pass

Location: Goodhope creek- Wet loose

Date:

March 12, 2022 12:39pm

Observer:

Chris Brewster

Route & General Observations

Snowmachined up goodhope creek uptrack and dug a pit on E aspect at 3300′. No red flags observed. Skies broken, NO precip, calm wind. Later in the day with sun showing itself off and on, saw numerous natural wet loose avalanches on solar aspects in the lower 3000′ elevation band.

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Forecaster Comments

The layer mentioned at 40 cm deep is the Feb 14 drizzle crust

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	No
Avalanche Type	Wet Loose Snow	Aspect	South Southwest
Elevation	3000ft	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	800ft

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

warm temps around freezing, calm wind, smooth dense snow

Snowpack

Snow depth at location of pit was 280cm. Dug a pit 160cm down. Layer of concern is a <1cm melt freeze(rain?) crust down 40cm in our pit. Layer showed no reactivity in any of formal tests performed.