Northwest Avalanche Center

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Observation Details

Name:
Charlie Hagedorn
Observation Date:
February 4, 2022
Submitted:
February 4, 2022
Zone or Region:
Snoqualmie Pass
Activity:
Skiing/Snowboarding
Location:
Snoqualmie Pass

Signs of Unstable Snow

None reported

Observations

Visibility was excellent at dawn, with calm winds and full-sky stratus above.

Photos made at around 9:30, just as flurries/light snow showers began to pick up -- graininess in the images is due to the low-contrast light and imaging through a couple miles of flurries :). Flurries began with rimed stellars and rimed broken crystals. Clouds and weather were arriving out of the west as precip began.

Groomers did not freeze hard overnight. Off-piste snow felt heavy/moist, with a soft-ish ~1cm crust.

Media

Point-releases and clear signs of cross-loading on Kendall Peak in the usual places.

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Similar cross-loading on Snoqualmie.

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