Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | 0 |
Avalanche Type | Wet Slab | Aspect | East |
Elevation | 2200ft | Slope Angle | 35deg |
Crown Depth | 12ft | Width | 100ft |
Vertical Run | 800ft |
T pass moto lot to 2,000′ on up-track. Did not make the ridge due to mechanical failure.
Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | 0 |
Avalanche Type | Wet Slab | Aspect | East |
Elevation | 2200ft | Slope Angle | 35deg |
Crown Depth | 12ft | Width | 100ft |
Vertical Run | 800ft |
Large glide crack released just outside of the motorized parking lot sometime between 6PM (Sunday, 3/6) and 10AM (Monday 3/7). There is still a large piece on the lookers left side that has not avalanched but likely will at some point. Dozens of other glide cracks still litter the Seattle ridgeline.
Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
A glide crack on the West face of Pyramid (as seen from Girdwood Tesoro) shed another big chunk of snow overnight.
Overcast. Rain in Portage Valley but generally dry thru the Pass. Temps were warm. 42 degrees in Girdwood at 8AM.
High temp today at Center ridge SNOTEL (1880') was 39 degrees. Ridgetop winds picked up mid-day, gusting to the 30's mph.
No new snow. Hard, supportable crust to 1500'. 2-4" of soft, warm powder on supportable crust to 2,000'.
And another one pops... Seattle ridge, just outside of the moto lot. 3/7/2016
Same glide avalanche as above, oblique view looking South toward Lynx creek.
The view from Tesoro in Girdwood this morning. This Glide first released on Feb. 25th, but is still 'shedding it's skin' as another sizable chunk peeled away sometime late last night or early this morning.