| Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | No |
| Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | North |
| Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | 34deg |
| Crown Depth | 4in | Width | 15ft |
| Vertical Run | 10ft |
Avalanche: Hatcher Pass
Location: Lower thousand dollar run
We toured on the lower portion of thousand dollar run to investigate stability and to practice safe travel techniques. It was very wind in the pass today!
Avalanche Details
We intentionally triggered several small wind slabs in the creek/drainage used to access thousand dollar run.
Obvious signs of instability
| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Observer Comments
No natural avalanches observed. Some shooting cracks near wind loaded features, it was extremely windy with gusts up to 40mph.
Weather
There was about an inch of new snow in the parking lot this morning, and it seems that most of the pass was spared from rain. It was very windy with gusts up to 40mph, our skin track was actively filling in between laps today. At times we had precipitation rate of two centimeters an hour, winds made estimating new snow difficult
Snow surface
Snow surface is still a mixed bagged but seemed to be improving. Sastrugi and new 4finger to 1 finger wind slabs could be found throughout our tour.
Snowpack
Our snow pits had poor structure, low to moderate strength and high propagation potential. One of the most dramatic results from the day was an extended column test that propagated on one tap from the wrist on a recently formed wind slab. After seeing these results in our pits and observing other red flags we decided to not continue towards hatch peak.
Lower thousand dollar run 3100'
East aspect 24° HS 145
ECTP1 10cm from surface, wind slab failing on decomposing storm snow.
ECTN15 30cm from surface on rounding facets
CT23 SC on basal facets near ground