| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Hatcher Pass
Location: Gold Mint area
Today we toured from the Gold Mint parking area to about 4,700
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
It looks like there was a widespread avalanche cycle on April 13 with shallow (6-10") wet slabs, storm slabs and persistent slabs to D2 on all aspects. Today we had constant whumpfing above 3500 feet. We saw no avalanches today. We finished our tour by 2pm so there may have been some avalanching after that, the way it was greenhousing and warming up.
Weather
Clear in the morning to full greybird by 1pm. Calm wind. High 20's to the 30's.
Snow surface
Supportable crust on all aspects below 2500 feet. Above 2500 feet the crust was not supportable and had a ski penetration of about 6-10 inches. Atrocious skiing until the crust thawed.
Snowpack
Good for avalanching. Bad for skiing.
Monsieur Gaddy below a wet slab from April 13. Now frozen.
Wet slabs and wet loose avalanches on a west aspect.