Avalanche: Portage / Placer

Location: Straight Up (Lower Skookum Glacier)

Date:

March 25, 2023 7:17pm

Observer:

Henry Munter

Route & General Observations

Today a CPG Heliski party either triggered or was very near a large avalanche.

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Forecaster Comments

A couple additional photos added to this post the following day from a personal flight.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Unknown	Remote Trigger	Unknown
Avalanche Type	Unknown	Aspect	Unknown
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

Very large avalanche today on Straight Up in the lower Skookum Glacier. There is no evidence that anyone was hit, and both guides and private parties that witnessed the slide didn't see anyone involved. Both CPG and private parties performed thorough beacon searches in the debris and detected no signals. However, the size of the avalanche and where it hit the snow machine tracks is very concerning. If anyone was traveling in the Skookum today and is missing please reach out. We want to be as certain as possible that no one was involved. We'll follow up with a more detailed observation.

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2023-03-25 14-04_

Ariel image of avalanche the following day, March 26, photo included by CNFAIC staff.

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Location

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