Observation: Public

Name:

Andrew Chan

Observation Date:

December 30, 2020

Submitted:

December 30, 2020

Zone or Region:

Snoqualmie Pass

Activity:

Skiing/Snowboarding

Location:

Kendall trees

Did you trigger any avalanches?

Yes

Was it intentional?

No

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Size:

Size 1: Relatively harmless to people

Elevation:

4800ft

Aspect:

W

Comments:

D1 size windslab slid about 25ft slide with 12 ft crown, 1ft deep.

Did you see shooting cracks?

Yes, Isolated

Did you experience collapsing or whumpfing?

No

Triggered by ski cut on a convex slope in thick trees. Sluff was very light and slid past top of my boot. What slid was all new snow from today and was still so airy. that it couldn’t carry momentum. Didn’t carry me at all.

We didn’t see any other avy activity. Skied a more open slope that was less steep and was pretty stable.

Steep convex roll over in treed area on west aspect of Kendall trees near top of ridge. 35-40 degree small feature slope.

Run out was very light and felt like mostly snow that fell today.