Avalanche: Hatcher Pass

Location: $1,000 run

Date:

December 9, 2018 1:45pm

Observer:

Anonymous

Route & General Observations

Good reminder to:
– ski one at a time,
– keep an eye on people while they ski, even if not part of your party and on a low angle slope.

Slope being skied was ~25 degrees, but adjacent slope was maybe 30 degrees (?). (Also low angle)

Burial – skier remembered to reach for the sky. One skier partially buried, other skier fully buried except hand / arm. Suggest website posts a map showing the names of all the popular runs. Many people do not know the names of the runs, to aid observation descriptions, etc…

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Soft Slab	Aspect	North
Elevation	4200ft	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	2ft	Width	200ft
Vertical Run	800ft

Avalanche Details

Estimated size of slide, just a best guess.

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

Recent Avalanches?	No
Collapsing (Whumphing)?	Yes
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?	No

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Sunny, lots of fresh and very light snow from recent storm.

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Photo of slide on north face of Hatch Peak on 12-9-2018 ~1:30 or 1:45 PM.