Northwest Avalanche Center

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Observation Details

Name:
Eric Middleton
Observation Date:
January 8, 2023
Submitted:
January 8, 2023
Zone or Region:
Snoqualmie Pass
Activity:
Skiing/Snowboarding
Location:
Avy Swath

Signs of Unstable Snow

Did you see shooting cracks? 
Yes, Isolated
Did you experience collapsing or whumpfing? 
No

Observations

Started seeing signs of wind affected snow in the band of trees up the middle of avy swath, around 4500’. We saw small shooting tracks from our skin track, and carefully traversed climbers right under some trees to the far edge of the swath, where we didn’t see any signs of wind. The ski down from here had stable snow without any concern

Media

Small block of cohesive snow that broke away from our skin track
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