Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Center Ridge Hiking Trail

Date:

November 25, 2018 6:43pm

Observer:

Jacob Swartz

Route & General Observations

We hiked along the center ridge trail.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Natural	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	Wet Loose Snow	Aspect	North Northwest
Elevation	unknown	Slope Angle	unknown
Crown Depth	unknown	Width	unknown
Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

Natural wet loose avalanches observed on Magnum and Cornbiscut. We saw about half a dozen D1-1.5 point release slides on the steeper north/north west aspects.

Red Flags

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Obvious signs of instability

Recent Avalanches?	Yes
Collapsing (Whumphing)?	No
Cracking (Shooting cracks)?	No

Observer Comments

Rain on snow.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Heavy rain at pass level. 1-2 inches of slush on the center ridge trail.

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Hard to see with the flat light but, there are some wet loose avalanches up there on Magnum.

Location

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