Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
WillObservation Date:
February 24, 2021Submitted:
February 24, 2021Zone or Region:
Snoqualmie PassActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Alpental ValleyTriggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
NoAvalanche Type:
Wet SlabSize:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
BTLAspect:
SComments:
Southern slopes heated up today in the sun. Low in the trees I got a small ( 15 ft x 6") slab to release, approximately 35 degrees. Rollerballs very easy to create. Higher up on our last run, NTL we were producing rollerballs, but no slab activity.Observed Avalanches
Did you observe any avalanches?
YesAvalanche Type:
Hard SlabSize:
Size 3: Could bury and destroy a car, damage a truck, destroy a wood frame house, or break a few treesElevation:
ATLAspect:
NComments:
Multiple large crowns on various northern aspects on chair. One in particular looked quite big and wrapped around terrain features.Signs of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
Traveled south aspects from 3200-5200. Rain crust lower down with 4" made for tricky skinning conditions. Depth and quality of snow improved significant above 4500. Graupel observed all the way to to 5000. Snow was starting to glom up in the upper elevations by the time we left.