Avalanche: Hatcher Pass

Location: Road Observation - Skyscraper

Date:

April 16, 2020 7:50pm

Observer:

Ryan Anderson

Route & General Observations

General Observations from road – major wet slide activity on Skyscraper, Marmot, and Rae Wallace. Heard a slide, containing rock, on Rae Wallace from the parking lot.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Avalanche Type	Wet Loose Snow
Aspect	North Northwest	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)?	No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?	No

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Very warm despite fog and cloud cover. Definite greenhouse affect. No wind, temps in upper 30s at IM parking lot, light showers and mist down lower.

Snow surface

Wet