Avalanche: Girdwood

Location: Lower Raggedtop

Date:

April 21, 2022 11:06pm

Observer:

CNFAIC Staff

Route & General Observations

A very large natural wet slab avalanche occurred in the evening of April 21st. This was on the lower easterly face of Raggedtop in the Girdwood Valley. Photos below taken by two different people from the Crow Creek road.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	Unknown
Avalanche Type	Wet Slab	Aspect	East
Elevation	2000ft	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

Natural wet slab. Very wide propagation. It is suspect that this avalanche ran on an old crust from either New Year's or even the Halloween crust.

Photos & Video

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Wet slab natural. Photo by anonymous

Closer up of crown - Photo George Creighton

Wider angle view. Photo George Creighton

Looking up the path on the right side of the slide. Photo George Creighton

Location

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