Chugach State Park Archives
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October 16 UPDATE Snow in the higher elevations! Snow is starting to accumulate above 2,500′ but it’s still snow-free and fall-like in valley bottoms. A warm storm on the weekend [Read More] | |
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Fall 2024 has arrived! Snow is starting to fall on the peaks and with that we’d like to announce some upcoming events and early season avalanche reminders. Upcoming Events: Oct [Read More] | |
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We are no longer issuing Weekend Avalanche Outlooks for the Chugach State Park area. Although the forecast season has finished, the avalanche season has not – please see below for some [Read More] | |
 Wind Slabs
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 Wet Loose
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, April 20th– Sunday, April 21st Bottom Line: After a brief (but beautiful) period of amazing snow surface conditions, the wind has hit the Front Range again. [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, April 13th– Sunday, April 14th Bottom Line: A lingering wind slab from the wind events on Thursday and today (Friday, April 12th) is going to be [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Wet Loose
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, April 6th– Sunday, April 7th Bottom Line: Wind slabs are going to be the most likely way to trigger an avalanche this weekend. We have 5″-7″ of [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, March 30th – Sunday, March 31st Bottom Line: With a High Wind Watch in the forecast for the Anchorage area, dangerous avalanche conditions are expected for [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, March 23 – Sunday, March 24 Bottom Line: Strong southeasterly winds are expected to pick up this weekend, which once again makes wind slabs the main [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, March 16th – Sunday, March 17th Bottom Line: Fresh wind slabs are going to be the most likely way to trigger an avalanche this weekend. We [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, March 9th – Sunday, March 10th Bottom Line: Sustained 10-20 mph winds with gusts up to 40 mph are forecast to start Sunday morning and taper [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, March 2nd – Sunday, March 3rd Bottom Line: For anyone headed out to the mountains on this cold, clear, blue skies weekend, wind slabs are going [Read More] | |
 Storm Slabs
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 Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, February 24th – Sunday, February 25th Bottom Line: Dangerous avalanche conditions are expected for the Front Range this weekend. The Front Range is expected to receive [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, February 17th – Sunday, February 18th Bottom Line: After a week of very strong winds and a few notable natural avalanches, triggering a wind slab avalanche remains [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, February 10th – Sunday, February 11th *Update, February 12th, 2 pm: -DANGEROUS AVALANCHE CONDITIONS IN CHUGACH STATE PARK – A large natural avalanche hit Hiland [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, February 3rd – Sunday, February 4th *UPDATE: 1pm Monday, February 5th: Two significant human-triggered avalanches occurred in the Falls Creek area off the Seward Highway on [Read More] | |
 Normal Caution
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Jan. 27th – Sunday, Jan. 28th *UPDATE: 7am Monday, January 29 Avalanche danger rising with an unexpected foot of new snow. Sunday night (Jan 28) up [Read More] | |
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Normal Caution
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Jan. 20th – Sunday, Jan. 21st Bottom Line: It has been three weeks since the last significant avalanches in the Chugach State Park. Human-triggered avalanches are [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Jan. 12th – Sunday, Jan. 13th Bottom Line: Moderate to strong winds are forecast to continue impacting the Front Range this weekend. The wind event started [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Jan. 6 – Sunday, Jan. 7 Bottom Line: A storm is forecast to hit the Front Range this weekend starting Friday night and tapering off [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Dec. 30 – Sunday, Dec. 31 Bottom Line: Our biggest concerns going into this weekend are triggering either a fresh wind slab or a larger avalanche [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Dec. 23 – Sunday, Dec. 24 Bottom Line: A holiday storm is forecast to hit the Front Range this weekend starting Friday night and tapering off [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Dec. 16 – Sunday, Dec. 17 There are two main avalanche problems we are most concerned with in the Chugach State Park this weekend. The first [Read More] | |
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Persistent Slabs
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Wind Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Dec. 9th to Sunday, Dec. 10th Bottom Line: Our biggest concern going into this weekend is triggering a large avalanche breaking on weak snow at the [Read More] | |
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Wind Slabs
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Persistent Slabs
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Weekend Avalanche Outlook Saturday, Dec. 2 to Sunday, Dec. 3 Bottom Line: There are two main avalanche problems we are most concerned with in the Chugach State Park this weekend. [Read More] | |
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Welcome to the Chugach State Park conditions page. We are in the process of ramping up a weekly avalanche report for Anchorage’s Front Range. Our goal is to provide avalanche [Read More] |
Below are archived forecasts for the past 5 seasons with the highest danger rating and Avalanche Problem 1 displayed in the chart. Click on a table cell to read the forecast for that day. Alternatively you can view this page for 10 seasons of data plus embedded observations from that day.