Avalanche: Hatcher Pass

Location: N side of SE ridge of Gov Pk (and seperate ob on SE spur of Frostbite)

Date:
Observer:
Anonymous
Route & General Observations

Skin up from 10.2 mile Palmer-Fishhook pullout. Lots of wind transport first half of day. Avy on Gov SE ridge was natural, on steep 30+. Windpocket microslab on Frostbite was ski cut.

Avalanche Details
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Trigger NaturalRemote Trigger0
Avalanche Type Soft SlabAspect North Northeast
Elevation 3800ftSlope Angleunknown
Crown DepthunknownWidthunknown
Vertical Rununknown  
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Obvious signs of instability
Recent Avalanches?Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?Yes
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Natural soft slab on N side of SE ridge of Govt Pk. ~30 to 35 degree slope, judged from afar.  

Sensitive very recently wind-deposited snow on NNE aspect responded to ski cut.  

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