Observation: Public

Name:

NMS AIARE Level 1 Group (Shawn)

Observation Date:

January 21, 2022

Submitted:

January 21, 2022

Zone or Region:

Stevens Pass

Activity:

Skiing/Snowboarding

Location:

Big Chief Bowl / Double Diamond

Did you observe any avalanches?

Yes

Avalanche Type:

Wet Loose

Size:

Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a person

Elevation:

Middle

Aspect:

SE

Comments:

Observed two recent D2 loose slides on SE slopes of Lichtenburg.
Also noticed several D1 loose slides on top he steep S facing highway shoots.

Did you see shooting cracks?

Yes, Isolated

Did you experience collapsing or whumpfing?

No

15 cm of new snow bonded well to the pencil hard melt freeze crust. Dramatically improved skinning conditions. Mostly skinning in new snow, occasionally could feel crust which was super edgeable at most times except for in wind scoured locations. Decided to try skinning up double diamond thanks to improved skinning, but still somewhat challenging due to variable snow depth. Dug profiles at 5000 ft in Big Chief bowl on west aspect. Height of snow 200 cm. Snow pack moist for top 100cm we looked at. Snow pack tests produced no results.

Public Field Report: Big Chief Bowl / Double Diamond