| Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | 0 |
| Avalanche Type | Wet Slab | Aspect | South |
| Elevation | 2800ft | Slope Angle | unknown |
| Crown Depth | unknown | Width | 100ft |
| Vertical Run | 1000ft |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: Cornbiscut W to SW aspect Treeline
Main Skin track up to treeline and then traversed south (remained mostly on western aspect). Observed warming as day went on.
Avalanche Details
Two neighboring wet loose avalanches that stepped down into deeper layers to initiate the wet slab. 2x N-WL/WS-D2-o/G most likely happened on the previous day.
Obvious signs of instability
| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observer Comments
Recent Avalanches, and Warming.
Weather
Sunny and clear skies, light wind from the NE, high near 40 degrees.
Snow surface
Melt-Freeze Crust, warmed and became soft as day went on for Southerly aspects. Boot Pen: boot top. West aspects did not receive much warming. Surface conditions remained consistently hard until 3pm.
Snowpack
Elevation: 2050. Aspect: SSW. Slope Angle: 22 degrees. Spring snowpack in the southerlies. Layer of Concern: After conducting 5 stability tests and found decomposing Burried Surface Hoar @ 35-47cm. Tests CT7 and ECTP7@35cm CT21SC@47cm.
Snowpit Profile
Looking down the flank at the debris pile running to 1800'.
Looking up to starting zones of two wet loose that initiated two wet slab on the way