| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Center Ridge
We toured up Center Ridge to learn about snowpack during our level 1 avalanche class. We found good structure, good strength, and no propagation potential in our pits. The 5-10mm surface hoar that existed the previous day at 1,200′ was covered with 1″ of new snow. We found very good stability on a beautiful day.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
We were able to trigger dry loose snow avalanches on steep test slopes at this elevation
Weather
It was a very cold and beautiful day. Mostly sunny, calm, and -4 F in the parking lot.
Snow surface
There was 1" of new snow on top of 5-10mm surface hoar. Below that is 1' of faceting snow on top of a thick crust.
Snowpack
We dug several pits all at about 1,200' on west, southwest, and southeast aspects. We found good structure, good strength and no propagation potential. We had one result out of all the tests performed. ECTN18, 1' (30cm) down on the interface between the fist and one finger hardness layers (see photo). We were able to trigger some loose snow avalanches on some steep test slopes. If there had been any steep slopes close by there would have been very good skiing at this elevation!
Snowpack at Center Ridge on 1.27.24
Dry loose snow avalanches on small test slopes
Digging snowpits on Center Ridge with a view of the glide avalanche problem
A beautiful day