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Road obs from the drive down to Summit and on the way back from Summit in the evening.  [ Read More ]
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Mar 29, 2018
Toured to 3100′ up Gulch Creek. Low visibility all day, and snowing lightly. Got a large collapse and easy propagation in pits at 3100′ on 3mm cupped & chained facets. Highly spatially variable slab thickness observed.  [ Read More ]
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Mar 26, 2018
Possible fresh avalanche debris from the weekend (Mar 24/25 time frame) coming out of the looker’s right side of Goat Couloir onto the glacier. The debris in the center of couloir that flows over the bergschrund I believe is older. If anyone has any details please let us know at staff@chugachavalanche.org. Thank you!  [ Read More ]
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Mar 23, 2018
We accessed the Ragged Top subridge via California Creek.  [ Read More ]
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Mar 22, 2018
Toured up to Raggedbowl to get a look at a recent large avalanche and to see how the snowpack is doing. The snowpack is thin and weak, and numerous persistent weak layers exist that are reactive in stability tests.  [ Read More ]