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Apr 15, 2023
We drove through Portage and into Whittier yesterday and saw many naturally occurring wet loose avalanches. Some of these ran quite far. Also, we had a few photos passed to us by former forecaster Graham Predeger who happened to be on the water in Shotgun Cove. A few larger slabs were triggered by wet loose  [ Read More ]
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Apr 11, 2023
Afternoon trip up to Turnagain Pass in hopes of getting to the Seattle Ridge weather station. The visibility was so poor that we ended up turning around and headed back to Placer Valley to take a look at that zone, which is where the most snow fell over last weekend. High point was only around  [ Read More ]
Low angle glacier cruising day, rode Skookum drainage and glacier. Turned at the ice fall around 2500 ft. Watch those slopes above!  [ Read More ]
The photos and video below were sent in to the avalanche center by cross-country skiers in the lower Skookum drainage. This avalanche is posted in another observation for March 25th.  [ Read More ]
Today a CPG Heliski party either triggered or was very near a large avalanche.  [ Read More ]