| Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | Unknown |
| Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | West |
| Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | unknown |
| Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
| Vertical Run | unknown |
Avalanche: Chugach State Park
Location: Peak 3
Quick lap on Peak 3 to check out the surface snow conditions. Few parties had the same idea to catch the goods before the winds change things up. At the end of the tour, we left with big grins on our faces.
Avalanche Details
There was a small skier triggered soft wind slab in the upper steeper section of W face of Peak 3. It did not run far or step past the stout crust layer.
Weather
11am - @TH 16F, broken sky, light wind.
1pm - @ridgeline. 15-20mph wind from S. Wind was actively transporting snow.
Snow surface
Lower elevation: 12-16" dry powder.
Upper elevation: varied depths due to redistribution, at ridgeline in places barely enough to cover the rocks and tundra.
The new wind slabs at the higher elevation were still soft (4F).
The ski quality was very high.
Snowpack
4-16" of new dry snow on top of the stout supportable crust.
We did not dig in the snow or do any stability tests.
We saw one skier triggered small soft wind slab that was initiated in the rockier steeper section on the NW face of Peak 3. It did not travel very far or step down below the crust.
Wind was whipping around at the saddle, blowing consistently about 15-20mph from south and redistributing the powder.
Surface at the saddle was a mosaic of soft sastrugi, hard icy crust, and the rocks/tundra.