Avalanche: Hatcher Pass

Location: Microdot

Date:

February 25, 2023 10:03pm

Observer:

Isaac Pacor

Route & General Observations

Toured up microdot, first skiing the Lower shoulder below the main chute. Skied second lap on main shoot and triggered a slab sitting over a melt freeze crust when entering the chute. Crown was about 4 inches deep (I think?) and D1 in size. Was able to safely ski to a rib and let it shed.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Remote Trigger	Unknown
Avalanche Type	Soft Slab	Aspect	Unknown
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

Recent Avalanches?	Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?	Yes
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?	Yes

Observer Comments

Also one member of our group did get one whumph, and we did note small cracks at one point on our skin track (only spreading about 3 ft from our skis).

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