We found wind loading but it seemed to be a few days old. No shooting cracks or positive results on test slopes
Observation: Hatcher Pass
Location: Independence Mine Area
Today we had groups visit Valley of Sin, Microdot, $1000 and the Death Traverse. Beautiful day with great light and clear skies at dusk. Rough skiing, but we were skiing, and skiing is always fun.
Observer Comments
Weather
Cloudy that went to clear, light to moderate winds, high 20's.
Snow surface
Variable. Supportive facet skiing, sastrugi, windboard, and breakable wind crust.
Snowpack
Variable. Mostly no propagation in pits. We did find propagation in extended column test results in the Valley of Sin where there was fresh windslab 10-20cm thick. We also found propagation on large depth hoar in a few pits at the top of those lower north-facing chutes on Microdot.
Propagation below 20cm of windslab at 2800 feet in the Valley of Sin.