| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Hatcher Pass
Location: Uptrack to Hatch Peak at base of April Bowl
Traveled up the the road side of the gully N of $1000 run. Crossed the gully and cut a few rollovers- able to get sloughing the width of skis, but no propagation. Continued over to the standard $1000 run up track.
Obs. collected during an Anchorage Nordic Ski Patrol backcountry patrol. (A Havel, J Kurtak, J Bressler, A Holman)
Obvious signs of instability
Weather
Air Temp = 22 degrees F. Off and on wind, but no snow transport at the time. Brilliantly blue skies except for a period when fog rolled in.
Snow surface
Wind effected snow, but still soft in most areas. 1-2mm surface hoar in sheltered areas; occasionally larger feathers.
Great skiing.
Snowpack
See attached pit profile and photos for a few snow pack details and test results.
Dug a pit at 4232' HS 140cm CT12 113 Q2. ECTN14 113. 113cm = new/old snow interface.
Down at ~2800' we were able to get a small slab of 3/21/2020 snow to release on a 50 degree (top) test slope
Pit Profile
Wind effected snow was mostly soft
View from pit
Surface hoar
Larger surface hoar in sheltered areas
Grains at bottom of pit
Ski cut results at ~2800 on 10 ft high slope. Cuts did not propagate at higher elevations.