No recent slab avalanches observed since 1/27.
Observation: Hatcher Pass
Location: The Dippery
Traveled road system to upper IM bowl, skied road run twice, toured The Dippery (Bonsai trees) down low near Mile 10.
Avalanche Details
Observer Comments
No Cracking, Collapsing, or Avalanches observed today.
Weather
Skeetawk (1400') 22-24F all day
Frostbite (2700') hovered around 23F all day
IM Snotel (3550') dropping 20 to 18F through day
Marmot (4500') 15 dropping to 13F through day
Snowing all day less than 1" / hour, S<1 observed @ 1200-3500'
Snow surface
3" low density new snow over last 24 hours observed from 1200-3500'
0.75" thick rain crust buried under 2" new snow was observed from road up to approximately 2000'.
Above 2000', recent rain crust was patchy and fragile until it disappeared above 2500'.
Snowpack
Moderate structure, moderate to high strength, low but varied propagation, entire snowpack's crystal structure has been rounding for over a month due to mild warm temperatures, tired snowpack.
See pit profile
20230203 pit
Crust just under the new snow at 1200’