Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Road observations from Girdwood to Portage Valley and Turnagain Pass to Johnson Pass.
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Several recent avalanches were observed in large slide paths along the Seward Hwy and in Portage Valley.
Five Sisters slide path in Portage ran nearly to valley floor, but did not quite the to trail below.
Kern Creek ran to valley floor as observed yesterday, and several smaller slides near Peterson creek and Bird ran about 50-60% of total slide path.
Several small avalanches were observed in gullies along Seattle Ridge, but nothing running all the way to the valley floor. Visibility was too obscure to see anything on the East side of the road.
34F
Heavy Rain
30+ mph winds
Visibility to about 2000' in Turnagain Pass on West side of Road.
10" of wet saturated snow with areas of pooling water at 1000' elevation.