Observation: Hatcher Pass

Toured from Gold Mint at ~8am for two miles then turning south to meet up with an existing skin track going into what I believe is called Two-Mile Creek. Sky was nearly clear, clouds slowly increasing throughout the day though there was lots of sunshine. Once off Gold Mint trail and gaining elevation the snow got drastically better with no melt-freeze crust at the surface and much more dry, borderline pow! Temps decreased to 14F in the valley of “two-mile creek” and a surface wind slab started to show itself in variable locations from the Friday wind. Observed wet loose avalanches off rocks under a ridge across the valley to the east. They seemed to have been from last weeks warming events. Skinned up to under a ridge splitting creek valleys to dig a pit on a west aspect protected from the sun. Then went and dug a quick pit on a north aspect on the mountain between the creek and Teli Hill. Riding conditions were fantastic and the wind slab was easily avoidable.