Avalanche: Juneau Mainland

Location: Juneau Ridge, and Gastineau and Roberts Peak

Date:
Observer:
Sam Roche Professional
Route & General Observations

Toured up to the Juneau ridge yesterday and noted several wind slab avalanches on steep north facing terrain near ridgetops – most notably off the Juneau ridge, Gastineau Peak and Mt Roberts. All of the crowns observed were below well developed cornices, which we are assuming served as the trigger. Based on weather history, we believe these avalanches occured during the higher winds on March 8th. We did not observe any deep slab avalanches.

Avalanche Details
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Trigger CorniceAvalanche Type Hard Slab
Aspect NorthElevation 3000ft
Slope AngleunknownCrown Depthunknown
WidthunknownVertical Rununknown
Red Flags
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Obvious signs of instability
Recent Avalanches?Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?No
Observer Comments

Areas of recent wind transported snow, with hollow, drum like sounds while travelling.

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