Avalanche: Girdwood

Location: Jewel Glacier - Crow Pass

Date:

October 7, 2021 5:00pm

Observer:

A W

Route & General Observations

Toured up to the Jewel glacier today. Observed multiple whumpfs just below the glacier and on the glacier. Triggered the little slide in the pictures just below the glacier when exiting to the lookers right (common exit for the Jewel Glacier).

The first skier skied down without incident, the second skier veered left and whoop there it was. Second skier easily skied away from the slide. Elevation was roughly 4500ft on a northwest aspect, the sun had not touched it. The slide was triggered when skiing over a shallow spot. Seemed like storm snow (around 1 foot) from the last night/yesterday.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Remote Trigger	Unknown
Avalanche Type	Soft Slab	Aspect	Northwest
Elevation	4500ft	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Observer Comments

Several whumpfs just below and on the Jewel Glacier.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Snowpack

Around 1 foot of storm snow from the past 24 hours.
Everything below 3500ish feet was wet and heavy.

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