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Observation Details
Name:
Craig MuderlakObservation Date:
March 16, 2022Submitted:
March 16, 2022Zone or Region:
Snoqualmie PassActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Pineapple passObserved Avalanches
Did you observe any avalanches?
YesAvalanche Type:
Wet LooseSize:
Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a personElevation:
4500Aspect:
SWComments:
Steep unsupported cliff bands above summer trail - bed surface:rock slabsSigns of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
Traveled up to 5200’ on pineapple pass. Obs on Big Trees, Draft Dodger, Great Scott, No fog. No sings of storm slab observed. Mostly right side up snowpack in storm snow. Dug down to early March crust @4500’ and 4900’ - N aspect. Rounds and No facets observed above early March crust. @4900’ HS370cm. CTM PC down 15 cm (mid storm int/grapple), CTH (RP) down 75cm Early March MF. ECTN (brk) down 15cm. Similar results in multiple pit sites. Upper snowpack down to early March MF: all moist / wet. 40-50cm F-4F storm snow overlying March 12 MF, overlying 15-25 cm rounds/MFs overlying stout early March MF.
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