Numerous persistent slab avalanches all around the area evident from the last week or older.
Observation: Hatcher Pass
Location: Hatch Peak - $1,000 Run
Alaska Guide Collective – Rec Level 2 course.
Saturday and Sunday in the Hatcher Pass area.
A thin and weak snowpack is evident.
Observer Comments
Weather
Clear in the morning, increasing clouds, cloudy by mid day, low visibility by afternoon and light snow by 3:30pm.
Calm winds. Temps in the teens in the morning to 20 degrees in the afternoon.
Snow surface
Variable wind crust and wind slab.
Snowpack
Pit at 3,400 feet North aspect. HS 80cm.
ECTX.
PST 39/100 END down 70cm on Depth Hoar.
We noted that the ECT result was a bad data point that did not correlate to the snow structure.
5 out of 5 Lemons where present. Very weak snow structure.
Snowpit information is not needed to help with the decision to avoid avalanche terrain.
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