Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | Unknown |
Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | Southwest |
Elevation | 3200ft | Slope Angle | unknown |
Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
Vertical Run | unknown |
Alaska Avalanche School staff training day, perfectly timed between storms! Staff worked on snowpit observations and rescue practice ahead of the 2020/21 avalanche education season. Groups worked in flats just outside of the moto parking lot, base of Rookie Hill.
Trigger | Skier | Remote Trigger | Unknown |
Avalanche Type | Soft Slab | Aspect | Southwest |
Elevation | 3200ft | Slope Angle | unknown |
Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
Vertical Run | unknown |
We witnessed Hippy Bowl avalanche at ~1345 today. See Sean Fallon obs for the details. Also..... drove South thru the Pass at about 1545 and saw a large skier triggered avalanche on the SW face of Sunburst. No details other than I saw a single ski track entering the crown at the apex, as viewed thru binos. Word is that nobody was caught.... fortunate as it would've been a really rough, bumpy ride this early season.
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | Yes |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Large avalanches observed in Hippy bowl and Sunburst today. Localized whumphing in the flats outside of the moto lot.
2-4" new snow overnight at parking lot. Calm winds. Cold temps (10-15F) throughout the day. Mostly clear skies with some low fog funneling in late in the day. #vivalaniƱa
10-12" settled pow. Minimal wind effect.
HS: 70 cm
Loc: Base of Rookie Hill (moto lot); Ele:1,000'; Asp: West; Slope: ~15 degrees; Test: ECTP8 - 13 x a bunch.
Tests failing consistently on 1-2mm facets ~40cm down, above m/f crust. This is the storm interface that was buried on Friday 11/20.
Moist facets at the ground.