Avalanche: Girdwood

Location: Several avalanches near Hibbs Peak & near Girdwood

Date:

April 18, 2020 10:00

Observer:

Ryan Sta

Route & General Observations

A lot of the same as other observations. From Girdwood Nordic parking lot around 10am, saw wet slide run over 1500ft on S/SW slope. (See video)

Throughout the rest of the day, watched 7 or more wet slides on all aspects. Yes, even two of which were north facing which ran over 1000ft+ as well. Heard over 20 in the area thoughout the day. Definitely a war zone out there!

Stick to low angle cruisers everyone, outside of the runout zone! It’s not worth it

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	No
Avalanche Type	Wet Loose Snow	Aspect	South Southeast
Elevation	2500ft	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	1500ft

Avalanche Details

10am, s/se face in sun, air temp at parking lot - 40ish,

Photos & Video

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Screen shot of video. Top left - Wet Slab release to bed surface. Middle right - visible glide cracks near cleared bed surface

Northern and Westernly wet slides