Avalanche: Hatcher Pass

Location: Lane valley/Archangel Valley

Date:

January 30, 2022 7:32pm

Observer:

Anonymous

Route & General Observations

After 10 or so tracks were put down slope it likely released from remote trigger off snow machine on ridge.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	Yes
Avalanche Type	Hard Slab	Aspect	Unknown
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

We believe this avalanche was remotely triggered from a snowmachine on the ridge after riders rode the slope 10 times. The avalanche failed on Dec26 crust and stepped down into the weak facets near the ground.

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