| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Cornbiscuit
Standard approach from the parking lot. Entered the southern face from the second entrance. The light was flat- but once we got to the shrub line at the bottom of our ski the sky opened up briefly and we had a chance to look up and see recent natural avalanches scattered across the entire southern face. We skied through several different debris fields until we wrapped around the western face. There was new snow on top of the debris so our guess is that the slides occurred on Saturday 1/26/19.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
Strong winds at the summit scoured the top portions of the northern chutes and we were fearful that the southern aspect was loaded. The light was flat but after a ski cut there wasn’t any obvious signs of significant loading.
Weather
New snow. With gusts of wind and the rain/freeze line at about 1600’
Snow surface
Snow on the skin up on the west face was very consistent during our pole tests. Snow on the southern face was variable with pockets of wind deposited powder.