No obvious signs of instability.
Observation: Hatcher Pass
Location: Microdot area
Skinned towards microdot and booted to a saddle lookers right. Light snow transport, light dusting wasn’t bonding well to the northeast and southwest aspects we skied. Northeast had generally consolidated powder, southeast had a stout crust.
Observer Comments
Weather
Some gusts, grey bird day and mild temps.
Snow surface
NE consolidated powder, SW stout crust. Pockets of shallow recent snow/transport.
Snowpack
Pit: NE Aspect, 35 degree slope, 4300'. CTV resistant planar 42cm below surface, ectx. Failure on 1f/f interface. Facets about 90cm below surface.
cornice
rae wall