Avalanche: Girdwood

Location: Upper Girdwood Valley Crow Creek drainage

Date:

December 7, 2018 4:00pm

Observer:

Anonymous

Route & General Observations

Several avalanches in the upper Girdwood Valley and Crow Creek area. Start zones roughly 4,000′ and running to around 800′. Snow line around 2,000′. Debris piles large.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Unknown	Aspect	Unknown
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

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

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