Observation: Public
Observation Details
Observation Date:
March 22, 2021Submitted:
March 22, 2021Zone or Region:
Snoqualmie PassActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Phantom TreesTriggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
YesAvalanche Type:
Soft SlabSize:
Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a personElevation:
5000Aspect:
NWComments:
Cut two fast running and wide propagating slides with ski cuts on steep rollovers in the phantom trees, as well as a big wet loose growler on the top of the waterfall. broke 6-14 inches deep and ran on a layer a couple inches above the crust in all cases. Was quite touchy and things we're moving very fast on that layer and propagating over 100 feet wide in one case.Signs of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
Explained most above. Sun quickly turned descent powder into mank on South slopes in the short windows it was out before 1 pm.