Avalanche: Girdwood

Location: Orca Mtn

Date:

March 22, 2019 4:00pm

Observer:

Wagner / Champion Professional

Route & General Observations

Natural avalanche on Orca, west facing. Released overnight on 3/21. Large wet slab that took the entire starting zone and ran full path.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Wet Slab	Aspect	West
Elevation	2400ft	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

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Start zone of Orca avalanche

Orca avalanche, first noticed on the morning of 3/22/19

Location

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