Observation: Public

Name:

ER

Observation Date:

April 2, 2022

Submitted:

April 2, 2022

Zone or Region:

Stevens Pass

Activity:

Skiing/Snowboarding

Location:

McClausland

Did you trigger any avalanches?

Yes

Was it intentional?

No

Avalanche Type:

Wet Slab

Size:

Size 1: Relatively harmless to people

Elevation:

5400 ft

Aspect:

S

Comments:

Skier triggered, wet slide over convexity roughly > or = 35 deg. Not enough to bury but could carry over consequential terrain. Another ski cut triggered 50+ feet wide, not more than 2-4 inches deep, that had potential to bury

None reported

At times was sunny, then overcast, then snowing hard. Winds out of W/NW were strong at times. Snowed about an inch during the day. Falling snow was grauple to wet. Protected N faces above 5k held decent snow. S faces tended to be wind affected and firm crust

Yellow circle provides sense of size of D1 avalanche. Hard to make out details.