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Charlie Hagedorn

Observation Date:

January 2, 2022

Submitted:

January 2, 2022

Zone or Region:

Snoqualmie Pass

Activity:

Skiing/Snowboarding

Location:

Snoqualmie Pass

None reported

Bounced around the Pass a little bit, taking a rest day to catch views, friends, and dig in the snow a bit.

Wind moving snow atop Chair 2 by 11. Alpental Patrol closed the Back Bowls due to a natural slide around then. Snow began in earnest a little after noon, with a substantial graupel component; easily a couple of cms by 4pm.

Snow-profile photos are from near the top of Silver Fir in late afternoon. Snowpack tests were largely unreactive, but the crusts are quite prominent. Shovel-tilts seemed to find a failure at the interface buried on 12/29-30.

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Ongoing graupel falling 2-4pm.

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Kendall, just before the storm.

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Red, just before the storm.

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Snow stratigraphy atop Silver Fir.

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Progressive snow hardness with depth.

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