Avalanche: Hatcher Pass

Location: Marmot (Vice Presidents)

Date:
Observer:
Fallon Connolly
Route & General Observations

Two slab avalanches (D1.5/2) seen from top of Skeetawk Lift on 03/04. A few small cornice falls seen from top of Skeetawk Lift on 03/03.

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Forecaster Comments

This is the same avalanche as reported here:
https://hpavalanche.org/observations/all-observations/?link=marmot-se-ridge
It appears to be one large slab connected at the bottom and out of sight from afar.
It was remotely triggered from ski tracks up on the ridge.

Avalanche Details
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Trigger UnknownRemote Trigger Unknown
Avalanche Type Soft SlabAspect South Southwest
Elevation 3200ftSlope Angleunknown
Crown DepthunknownWidthunknown
Vertical Rununknown  
Avalanche Details

One large connected slab avalanche (D1.5/2) on SSW wall of Gully 2 on SE Face of Marmot (Vice Presidents). This is the same avalanche as reported by David Levin in the obs.

A few small cornice falls seen from top of Skeetawk Lift on 03/03. On a knoll below the N shoulder on Frostbite on a E aspect at about 2400’ a small (D1) cornice fall. Cornice fall (D1) on 3rd gully south of the the should on Frostbite Ridge.

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Obvious signs of instability
Recent Avalanches?Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?No
Observer Comments

Recent avalanches D1

Weather & Snow Characteristics
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Weather

Skeetawk Top of Lift Manual Weather Site at 1735ft, observation taken at 10:13am
Temp 8F, overnight low 4F,
Clear Skies,
4mph N winds,
no precip or new snow in the last 24hrs

Snow surface

Decomposing and Fragmented precipitation particles

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Vice Presidents Slab Avalanches  

Cornice Fall on Knoll (lower right of photo)  

Cornice Fall on Frostbite Ridge (upper left), Cornice Fall on Knoll (lower right)  

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