Avalanche: Hatcher Pass

Location: Palmer Fishhook Road Mile 15-16

Date:

November 28, 2019 12:24pm

Observer:

Taylor Crocker

Route & General Observations

Drove up Palmer Fishhhook to mile 16 and turned around. The State is giving the road clearing a great effort with a blower.

It is a great day to ski the Glades above Skeetawk!

Avalanche Details

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

Avalanche Details

Two avalanches spotted between miles 15-16 on Palmer Fishhhook. Neither avalanche made it to the road. Both were very wet, but I couldn't see the start zones from the road. I am guessing they are either wet slabs or glides.

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

Recent Avalanches?	Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?	No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?	No

Observer Comments

Recent avalanches

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

36"-40" of new wet snow over night. Was still snowing hard at 1040 this morning while I was on the road.