Avalanche: Chugach State Park

Location: Peak 2

Date:

November 21, 2021 2:00pm

Observer:

Elias Neuffer

Route & General Observations

Toured Peak 4 gully, observed variable windcrust on all aspects above 2700 ft. One natural windslab had previously released on a S-SW aspect at 3100 ft, the crown was 3-6 inches and it ran 300 ft.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Remote Trigger	Unknown
Avalanche Type	Hard Slab	Aspect	Southwest
Elevation	3200ft	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	8in	Width	40ft
Vertical Run	500ft

Avalanche Details

While returning to the cars we observed a new skier triggered avalanche on the SW aspect of Peak 2. The failure propagated roughly 40 feet across the slope and ran 500 feet. The crown looked to be 4-10 inches. Don’t know if any skiers were caught.

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Obvious signs of instability

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

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