Turnagain Pass and Girdwood

Problèmes avalancheux

• 

  Glide Cracks

  N

  NE

  E

  SE

  S

  SW

  W

  NW

  • Alpin
  • Limite forestière
  • Sous la limite forestière

  Probabilité

  Possible

  Taille

  2–3

  Glide cracks continue to open and release into large, destructive avalanches on frequently skied slopes in Turnagain Pass. Try to avoid traveling directly under these brown cracks and only expose one person at a time if you must move past them on your trip. 

  This avalanche problem is impossible to predict because these cracks spontaneously release and are usually large enough to travel to the bottom of valleys and cover up skin tracks. They have been observed in and above treeline on all slopes including north aspects where glide cracks/avalanches seem less frequent.  

  Otherwise, the snowpack is generally stable and triggering a small wind slab in steep terrain is unlikely. The last time this type of avalanche occurred was almost a week ago below the CFR ridge on Tincan's north slope.