Observation: Public
Observation Details
Name:
PorterObservation Date:
April 5, 2023Submitted:
April 5, 2023Zone or Region:
Snoqualmie PassActivity:
Skiing/SnowboardingLocation:
Kendall Adventure ZoneTriggered Avalanches
Did you trigger any avalanches?
YesWas it intentional?
NoAvalanche Type:
Soft SlabSize:
Size 2: Could bury, injure, or kill a personElevation:
5100ftAspect:
NComments:
Skiier initiated loose dry avalanches below the Kingpin in the KAZ stepped down to a storm slab (maybe not technically?),that ran on the 3/31 interface. Crown was 1-1.5ft deep and 25ft wide.Signs of Unstable Snow
None reported
Observations
While the third and final skier in our party to descend the kingpin at 1pm their loose dry sluff piled up in the run out of the kingpin and the pile of debris stepped down to the new/old interface (probably 3/31 but not confirmed) and ran approximately 400ft. Probably D1.5, wouldn’t have buried someone but notable that there was activity at that interface. It felt like it was influenced by both the weight of all of the snow piled up there and also the warming of the day, despite being on a shady north aspect.
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