Avalanche: Portage / Placer

Location: Explorer Glacier

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Route & General Observations

Toured up Explorer glacier after seeing the crown from the road. We proceeded with necessary caution. Once past this avalanche we toured up and over Explorer peak to middle glacier. There were other slab avalanches on pretty much all aspects and south facing slopes started to shed at 2:30 PM.

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Forecaster Comments

The large propagating avalanche did occur over the weekend at the tail end of the storm ending Saturday.

Avalanche Details
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Trigger NaturalRemote Trigger Unknown
Avalanche Type UnknownAspect Northwest
Elevation 2000ftSlope Angleunknown
Crown DepthunknownWidthunknown
Vertical Rununknown  
Avalanche Details

We saw the avalanche crown from the road, and guessed it to be a natural from Saturday's precipitation. Avalanche propagated across the entire slope, and we guessed it to have a two foot crown. Debris pile was large and ran for a ways.

Red Flags
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Obvious signs of instability
Recent Avalanches?Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?No
Observer Comments

Rapid warming.

Weather & Snow Characteristics
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Weather

Calm winds
Warm air temps

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