Avalanche: Girdwood

Location: Girdwood area - Orca and Raggedtop

Date:

February 20, 2020 8:11pm

Observer:

CNFAIC Staff Forecaster

Route & General Observations

Natural slab avalanche activity from the storm cycles bewteen Feb 18 – 20.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	Unknown
Avalanche Type	Unknown	Aspect	Unknown
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

Many crowns from large slab avalanches were seen this afternoon when skies cleared just enough for a look around the mountains.

Photos & Video

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Close up of natural slab on Orca, W facing around 2,200'.

Wider view of the Orca slab avalanche. Seen from the Tesoro.

Slab on lower shoulder of S facing Raggedtop mountain.

Large slab seen on the lower portion of Big League

Location

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