Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
Jourdan HarveyObservation Date:
March 24, 2023Submitted:
March 24, 2023Zone or Region:
Snoqualmie PassActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
SlotTriggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
NoAvalanche Type:
Soft SlabSize:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
6250Aspect:
NComments:
~50ft wide, ~3" deep soft slab at the Top of slot just past the rock. Ran to about the exit of the couloir.Signs of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
Observed 8" to 12" new snow on top of sun/melt-freeze crust on SW and N aspects.
Wind drifts forming to ~18" climbing SW aspect of Snoqualmie Mt.
Small cracking/slabbing underfoot climbing SW aspects. New snow sliding on sun/melt-freeze crust
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