Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
IraObservation Date:
February 15, 2021Submitted:
February 15, 2021Zone or Region:
Snoqualmie PassActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Kendall Trees 1Triggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
NoAvalanche Type:
Soft SlabSize:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
5000 ftAspect:
NWComments:
Top of Upper Kendall Trees. 20cm in depth, widths were no more than 3-5 meters, ran for 50m at most. slope angle was 35-40 degSigns of Unstable Snow
Did you see shooting cracks?
Yes, IsolatedDid you experience collapsing or whumpfing?
NoObservations
We skied to the ridgeline of the upper kendall trees and then went up from there to about 5000'. transitioned here and started to move left and the top 20cm just slid out. moved further left and it happened again along with a small shooting crack. at this point we decided it was best to ski the slope that had just slid rather than continuing to cut the slope knowing it would slide. the slope that had slid skied very nicely.
there were a bunch of these small slides that we initiated after the first one. they were all the same depth on a slope of 35-40 deg.