Observation: Girdwood

Location: Girdwood Valley

Date:

January 24, 2017 4:16pm

Observer:

H. Thamm

Route & General Observations

Natural avalanche activity in Girdwood as seen from Alyeska Hwy and Crow Creek Rd.

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

Recent Avalanches?	Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?	No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?	No

Observer Comments

Recent natural activity:
Penguin Ridge - SE aspect
Ragged top - Lower SE aspect
Ragged bowl - E - SE aspects of bowl
Goat Shoulder - SW aspect

*Spoke with a person who had went for a tour up ragged bowl and said the debris ran ~500' below both sides of the lower moraine at 2500'.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Warm - 32F
Mostly cloudy w patches of blue
Light winds

Photos & Video

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Penguin Ridge

Ragged SE lower face, starting zone ~3000'

Ragged Bowl - E aspect and crown raps around to SE aspect, see photo below

Ragged Bowl - SE facing side of bowl

Goat Shoulder - SW aspect

Close up of of crown on Goat with lower part of path that stepped down to ground

Location

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