| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Turnagain, Girdwood
Location: Turnagain and Portage Road Obs
Visibility was limited into the Alpine and worsened as we drove South. In Turnagain Pass we could see a few new small wet loose avalanches in some of the steep channeled gully’s on Seattle Ridge. Talked to a group of skiers at Tincan who said there was a recent cornice fall from CFR. In Portage we could see recent avalanche debris near Byron Glacier near the trail.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
Small wet loose at Turnagain, cornice failure, and piles of fresh wet debris near Byron in Portage as well as other steep channeled terrain. Otherwise visibility was too poor to know if there was more activity from the last four days.
Weather
Obscured skies, scattered rain showers, winds were ~20mph in Portage. Temps were in the 40F's.
Snow surface
Talked to a group who said "hot pow" and the top 2" were wet from treeline down.
Snowpack
The snow is melting quickly on the Southern end of Turnagain Pass (South of Center Ridge.) On the Northern end of Turnagain Pass the there is still good coverage at the road level.
There is a lot of old debris on Seattle Ridge in most of the gullies. We did see several newer wet loose avalanches, but they were small and not running very far.
The web cams grabbed a picture of CFR cornice fall later this evening during a clearing.
Tincan still has good coverage at road level.
Motorized parking lot towards the uptick
Motorized lot looking South
Sunburst parking area is down to grass
New debris in the avalanche paths near Byron Glacier trail
Portage Lake melting quickly