Avalanche debris will keep Hatcher Pass Road closed through the week, officials say Published 3 hours ago Share on Facebook Print article Officials on Monday said it could take until the weekend for debris to be cleared from the Hatcher Pass Road area so that the road can reopen after a series of avalanches closed it on Easter. The five avalanches covered about a 2,400-foot stretch of the road with roughly 6 feet of debris. Shannon McCarthy, a spokeswoman for the Alaska Department of Transportation, said there has not been an avalanche closure in the area this extreme since the 1980s. The road first closed on April 3 as avalanche danger heightened. On April 4, five natural avalanches were