Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Cornbiscuit and Magnum west faces

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CNFAIC Staff Forecaster
Route & General Observations

Recent glide and wet slab avalanche activity. These two avalanches occurred sometime around May 6th or 7th (Friday or Saturday). Seen on Sunday, May 8th. Thanks to George Creighton for the info and photos!

Avalanche Details
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Trigger NaturalRemote Trigger Unknown
Avalanche Type UnknownAspect West
Elevation 2500ftSlope Angleunknown
Crown DepthunknownWidthunknown
Vertical Rununknown  
Avalanche Details

Cornbiscuit west face: Looks to be mostly a widely propagating wet slab with a few sections running on the ground.

Magnum west face: Glide avalanche

Photos & Video
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Cornbiscuit wet slab, close up  

wider view of Cornbiscuit  

Magnum west face close up  

Magnum wider view  

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