Observation: Hatcher Pass

Location: Toilet Bowl

Date:

October 18, 2017 11:00

Observer:

Jeff Kase

Route & General Observations

Parked near the Nordic Trails, crossed the creek and went up.

Red Flags

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Observer Comments

Several medium sized point release avalanches wrapping around much of the bowl. Wicked fast skier triggered sluff and hidden rocks in Toilet Bowl. Snow machine tracks and skiing on the willow side.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Sunny, Cold in shade, hot is sun. No wind.

Snowpack

Pit showed 4" pow, 2" crust, 2" crust, 4" ground effected snow. The top crust layer failed moderately easy at the second crust layer.

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Looking down the run into Toilet Bowl.

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