Avalanche: Chugach State Park

Location: GlenAlps Powerline Trail

Date:

November 27, 2015 7:45pm

Observer:

Jen A

Route & General Observations

Wet slide originated in gully between Peak 2 and Peak 3, and ran down to about 1/2 way between the trail and the river. No signs of human trigger.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	0	Aspect	North Northwest
Elevation	3000ft	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Wet snow/rain

Snow surface

Most of the area is wind-scoured with very little snow except in gullies. Gullies seem to have couple feet of snow with settled snow overlain by melt/freeze/wind crust overlain by wind-loaded and heavy wet snow.

Snowpack

Very general observations from hiking up Peak 2-3 every week observing changes in snow through time.

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View of the slide from the Powerline Trail

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Location

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