Observation: Public

Name:

Anonymous

Observation Date:

April 2, 2023

Submitted:

April 3, 2023

Zone or Region:

Stevens Pass

Activity:

Skiing/Snowboarding

Location:

Mount McCausland

Did you trigger any avalanches?

Yes

Was it intentional?

No

Avalanche Type:

Wet Slab

Size:

Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a person

Elevation:

5200 ft

Aspect:

S

Comments:

Dry snow had slabbed up from sun breaks when we descended at 330pm on the S face of Mount McCausland. Had a slab around 10 feet wide and 4 inches deep (estimated D1.5) to run on the hard crust below about 200 feet in length. No skiers were caught.

None reported

Traveled on S faces up to 5700 feet. Snow was light on the approach with occasional snow showers until mid afternoon with poorer bonding on a hard crust above 5000k feet. Sun breaks warmed up the S facing snow and the descent was heavy when we started at 330.