Avalanche: Chugach State Park

Location: Ski Jumps

Date:

April 6, 2017 1:30pm

Observer:

Zak Hammill

Route & General Observations

Cargo nets are placed on the landing hill in order to hold snow for the winter. This being the first year with nets on the 65 meter ski jump has led to adjustments for next year. No one was injured in this slide.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Unknown	Aspect	Northwest
Elevation	500ft	Slope Angle	36deg
Crown Depth	2ft	Width	25ft
Vertical Run	50ft

Avalanche Details

Plastic material is installed on ski jumps for summer use. This makes for a perfect avalanche bed surface.

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

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

Observer Comments

A large crack was observed on landing hill yesterday around 5PM. Slide is believed to of happened shortly after that.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Rising temperatures and rain.

Snow surface

Machine packed snow.

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65 meter ski jump

Crown of avalanche

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