Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
CaseyObservation Date:
March 1, 2023Submitted:
March 2, 2023Zone or Region:
Snoqualmie PassActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Chair Peak to Cache, E aspect lower RooseveltTriggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
NoAvalanche Type:
Dry Loose (Sluff)Size:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
5200 ftAspect:
NComments:
Moderate dry, loose sluff released on N aspectsSigns of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
Moderate dry, loose sluff released on N aspects at 5200 at beginning of descent to Cache couloir. Dry slab on N aspects easily becoming unconsolidated sluff at ridgeline. Saw surface hoar to 3-4mm on snowfield above Cache. Dropped into Cache with more sluff coming down the couloir D1R1. Many hand pits were mostly showing nonconsolidated low density.
Weak sun crust on E face of Roosevelt at 4000-4600.