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Glide avalanche, Summit Creek, Klukwan, Alaska

Detailed Description

Photograph depicting mountain goat foraging following a glide avalanche, Summit Creek, Klukwan, Alaska, February 2021. Glide avalanches extend across the full depth of the snowpack and scour the landscape to expose underlying vegetation (primary foraging area highlighted in light green). Here, two groups of mountain goats used separate locations along the fractured crown line.

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Public Domain.

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