Northwest Avalanche Center

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Observation Details

Name:
Niki Yoshiuchi
Observation Date:
January 30, 2021
Submitted:
January 31, 2021
Zone or Region:
West South
Activity:
Skiing/Snowboarding
Location:
The Castle, Tatoosh

Signs of Unstable Snow

None reported

Observations

Skied the north and south faces of The Castle in the Tatoosh on Saturday. We observed some small north-facing cornices. We dug a pit on a north-face slope at approximately 5700ft of elevation. CT19, with the failure occurring approximately 50cm deep on facets/sugar snow on top of what we assume was the 1/13 crust. The slab seemed to stick to the crust after the failure on the facets. ECTX on the extended column.

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