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Observation Details
Name:
Alex CraneObservation Date:
March 27, 2022Submitted:
March 27, 2022Zone or Region:
West SouthActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Mt St Helens, Worm FlowsTriggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
NoAvalanche Type:
Wet LooseSize:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
4400 and below as of 10:30 amAspect:
SEComments:
Shortly after descending below the weather station (skier's right) we triggered our first of many D1 wet loose slides at 10:35 am. Virtually all avalanche slopes or convex rollovers below this elevation slid similarly.Signs of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
We left the Marble Mountain lot around 2:45 and went up Worm Flows. Snow below ~5000 ft was slushy, but we were pleased to find that the upper elevations were quite firm (ski crampons would have been nice). We began our descent just before 10 and found excellent (but increasingly soft) skiing everywhere above ~6000 ft. Below the weather station (4440 feet @ ~ 10:30 am) nearly every avalanche slope or convexity produced small wet loose slides.
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