Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
Ben JuliarObservation Date:
April 2, 2023Submitted:
April 2, 2023Zone or Region:
Snoqualmie PassActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Bryant couloir, cash couloir, source lake fanTriggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
YesAvalanche Type:
Soft SlabSize:
Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a personElevation:
5000Aspect:
NEComments:
Propagated 50 ft ran 300 ft down Bryant couloir, triggered over a rocky area during ski cuts. Another d1 dry loose followed while skiing through the choke and buried me to my knees pulled off to the side but didn’t knock me over. Numerous dry loose in cash couloir that ran most of the couloir. D1.5 soft slab avalanches ran very fast on the south east facing chute above source lake in the fan coming down skiers right from the thumb tack.Observed Avalanches
Did you observe any avalanches?
YesAvalanche Type:
Dry Loose (Sluff)Size:
Size 1: Relatively harmless to peopleElevation:
Aspect:
NComments:
Chair peak couloir had a couple dry avalanches running full length in it. No other parties went up to the thumbtackSigns of Unstable Snow
Did you see shooting cracks?
YesDid you experience collapsing or whumpfing?
Yes, IsolatedObservations
Isolated cracking during ski cuts that avalanched and flushed the snow out before we skied