Avalanche: Girdwood

Location: Gulch Creek/Goat Peak

Date:

February 1, 2016 1:30pm

Observer:

H. Thamm Professional

Route & General Observations

Debris from Jan.26-28th storm filled Gulch Creek drainage, the Runout zone of Surprise Gully on Goat Peak. Two large crowns were visible, one in the rocks near Island Coulior and one in Surprise Coulior. Debris ran to about ~1400′ in the Glacier Gulch drainage and stopped where the slope angle flattens a few hundred vertical feet about several homes.

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

Avalanche Details

Likely released mid storm between Jan.26-Jan.28.

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Observer Comments

None

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Partly cloudy
Low 30s F
Light winds in Valley
No precip

Photos & Video

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Island Coulior - lookers left crown, and Surprise Coulior - lookers right crown.

Standing above toe of debris looking down at the houses below.

Steep creek feature that has become very icy as a result of debris running through canyon; Island Coulior crown above.

Striations along walls of creek drainage.

View of East side of Raggedtop as seen from the NW shoulder of Goat Peak

Recent glide crack release on the "Facet" on the North Face of Alyeska

Location

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