Avalanche: Girdwood

Location: Raggedtop (lower easterly aspect)

Date:
Observer:
W Wagner Forecaster
Route & General Observations

New glide avalanche today on the lower portions of Raggedtop Mtn, seen from the town of Girdwood. Relatively small but a sign of possible things to come with more springtime weather. Cracks are starting to open up in the usual areas, such as these lower slopes on Raggedtop, Peterson drainage and the steep norther SE slopes on Seattle Ridge.

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Trigger NaturalRemote Trigger Unknown
Avalanche Type GlideAspect Unknown
ElevationunknownSlope Angleunknown
Crown DepthunknownWidthunknown
Vertical Rununknown  
Avalanche Details

The first glide avalanche see this spring in the Girdwood Valley.

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Small pocket of a glide crack released into an avalanche today, March 26th.  

Close up of the glide  

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