Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Eddies

Date:

January 16, 2017 2:00pm

Observer:

Anonymous

Route & General Observations

Skied the standard Eddies run. Watched a skier knock off a soft slab on the West face of Eddies. Beware that there is an open glide crack at around 1300′ on far skiers left of the standard Eddies SW run.

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Avalanche Type	Soft Slab
Aspect	West Southwest	Elevation	2800ft
Slope Angle	35deg	Crown Depth	4in
Width	70ft	Vertical Run	100ft

Avalanche Details

A skier triggered a soft slab on the West face of Eddies on Sunday afternoon. He was able to ski out of it without issues and reported that it was a soft slab and about 4" thick. The debris pile was minimal.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Temps in the low 20s, no wind.

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Google earth view with approximate location of glide crack highlighted.

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