Avalanche: Girdwood

Location: Notch Mountain

Date:

February 12, 2021 5:37pm

Observer:

Andy Dennis

Route & General Observations

CPG Cat Zone Tour. Variable snow quality with wind effect up high and dust crust down low. Some fun turns to be had. Touchy wind slab on NSF and BSH?

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Remote Trigger	Yes
Avalanche Type	Soft Slab	Aspect	West
Elevation	1800ft	Slope Angle	38deg
Crown Depth	12in	Width	150ft
Vertical Run	200ft

Near Miss / Accident Details

Avalanche Details

Ski cut on wind loaded feature produced avalanche.

Events of the day

Underestimated how low wind slab formed on nsf and bsh. We also triggered another very small but deeper avalanche on a North aspect same elevation.

Rescue events

No rescue needed.

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