| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Cornbiscuit
Skinned up to 2400′ on Cornbiscuit SW shoulder. Turned around due to increasing wind and decreasing visibility. Soft windslabs were slowly forming. Small natural avalanche activity observed around 1800′.
Wind loaded new snow 2″ thick, 4F or less hardness, failed on yesterdays snow surface (fist hard stellars capped with 3-6 mm surface hoar).
Obvious signs of instability
Weather
.5" of new snow at parking lot by 3:30 pm. 1-2" of new snow at 2400'. Wind overall light-mod on west aspect of cornbiscuit, with occasional strong gusts, coming both from south and north.
Snow surface
Soft windslabs (2-4") forming during the day.
Snowpack
No formal tests conducted.