Observation: Public

Name:

Harrison G.

Observation Date:

December 31, 2020

Submitted:

January 1, 2021

Zone or Region:

Snoqualmie Pass

Activity:

Skiing/Snowboarding

Location:

Christmas Tree Bowl

Did you observe any avalanches?

Yes

Avalanche Type:

Soft Slab

Size:

Size 1: Relatively harmless to people

Elevation:

4000-5000

Aspect:

N

Comments:

Many small slides in the top 3 inches of storm snow on 40+ degree slopes. All aspects both in the trees and the open.

None reported

We went for a ski up to the top of the road underneath East Bowl east of Mt Catharine. Starting around 4000' we saw numerous small slides with roughly 3" crowns that appeared to have naturally triggered earlier in the morning. The slides appeared to have propagated around terrain features and left debris on the road. Looking up into East Bowl we could see numerous small crowns that appeared to have slid at about 3-6 inches, and several that had stepped down. We could not get close enough to investigate further.
The skiing was very wet and heavy and we knocked some small wet slabs loose on steeper terrain features on the way out. Skinning out the Nordic trail back towards East Summit we noted that the rocks overlooking the lake had some wet loose slides triggered by roller balls that weren't there in the morning.