Avalanche: Girdwood

Thank you to an anonymous user for sharing this photo and the following description of a recent avalanche on the Crow Glacier:

This avalanche was on a NW aspect at about 5200ft on the Crow Glacier. The crown was roughly 200ft wide 2.5 ft at its deepest, and on a heavily wind loaded slope. I did not investigate further as to what the bed surface was but it certainly got our hackles raised. If you look at the right side near the rock, it appears the avalanche may have stepped down as two layers are visible. Some debris chunks were bigger than I’d have expected for October (several dishwasher sized chunks) but it definitely was a soft slab. The crown was actively being refilled while we were there, windy day!