Avalanche: Hatcher Pass

Location: Ray-Wallis Bowl

Date:

November 20, 2017 3:00pm

Observer:

Blaine Smith Professional

Route & General Observations

I saw two remote triggered avalanches and one direct action triggered avalanche while in the Ray-Wallis bowl.The avalanches are now small in both destructive and relative to path.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Soft Slab	Aspect	Southwest
Elevation	3800ft	Slope Angle	37deg
Crown Depth	16in	Width	30ft
Vertical Run	150ft

Avalanche Details

SS-ASr-D1,R2-I

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Snowpack

Soft wind slab overlays several centimeters of facets which all resides on top of the melt/freeze crust.