No obvious signs of instability
Observation: Hatcher Pass
Location: Gold cord, cross hill, microdot ridge
Whiteout vertigo ping pong milkbird : a beautiful snowpack observation day at Hatcher Pass! It did clear for a hot minute and we were able to get a clear view of all surrounding slopes and saw no evidence of recent avalanches. From three separate groups our general observations seemed to correlate directly with Jed and Alli’s summary of poor structure, good strength, but with high energy specifically on those infamous basal facets and on near surface facets 30 cms down on a suncrust on SE slopes.
Observer Comments
Weather
Lightly snowing off and on all day with worst visibility! Calm with no wind. Air temp 16 degrees.
Snow surface
Gorgeous light fluffy stellars about 20 cms worth.
Snowpack
HS varied across valley from 85-205 cms. See photo below of the summary report from each of the four zones. For the most part CTs were in the teens both on that suncrust and basal facets. Most ECTs were not propagating until overdrive (high kicks) then they were shooting out on those basal facets. We did however get an ECTP13 on a NE 10 degree slope on basal facets (HS:90) and one ECTP24 SE slope (HS: 85)
Summary of all our results
What would an ob be without a freezy freaky glove holding a suncrust 30 cms down on SE aspect of microdot ridge
Deepest snow we found on SE shoulder of microdot ridge. All snow around was 85-115