| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | Yes |
Observation: Turnagain
Location: Eddies
Took standard Eddies uptrack to top of treeline and skied a few laps on the mellower terrain. Several groups were out enjoying the new snow and sunny skies.
Obvious signs of instability
Observer Comments
Snow was begninning to move with the southerly winds and loading northerly mid-elevation slopes. A small (D1) wind slab was observed on a northerly facing rollover and I had a few shooting cracks near roll overs, all from wind effected snow over the new snow surface. Also noticed a potentially large natural cornice collapse off the ridge to the north that likely occurred between laps (see photo).
Weather
About 20 degrees at the road with calm conditions and partly cloudy skies. Winds really ramped up once we popped out of the trees and near the top of the treeline. Turnagain Pass was getting its typical 'reach-around' southerly winds at mid-elevations while northwesterly winds aloft were plumming snow off the tops of the high peaks.
Snow surface
A+ conditions where wind hadn't effected the snow yet. Thin wind skin developing near top of treeline but wasn't too bad yet when we were there.
20-30 mph sustained southerly winds (right to left in photo) were prevalent near and just above the treeline
D1 wind slab avalanche on small northerly facing rollover
Potential large cornice collapse on the north side of Eddies Ridge. Did not see this on the first lap up