Avalanche: Turnagain

Location: Eddies uptrack

Date:

November 21, 2015 5:38pm

Observer:

Ted Grosgebauer

Route & General Observations

Common uptrack on eddies. Lots of new snow. Blowing snow

Avalanche Details

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Trigger	Skier	Remote Trigger	0
Avalanche Type	0	Aspect	Northwest
Elevation	1700ft	Slope Angle	34deg
Crown Depth	12in	Width	30ft
Vertical Run	unknown

Avalanche Details

Skier triggered test slope from below. ss.

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Observer Comments

easily got results from several hand shear tests on our way up. Depth varied with location.

Weather & Snow Characteristics

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Weather

Several inches to a foot of new snow depending on area. blowing snow above 1000ft . 32 degrees at the car

Snow surface

New snow with areas of building wind slab on w-nw aspects aspects

Snowpack

Dug @ 1886 ft. Nw aspect 20*. Ect 0. 20cm down. Ect 10. 45 cm down. Top wind effected snow fractured under the weight of my shovel. I suspect it would have gone under isolation if it were steeper.

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Elevation 1886. Nw aspect. 20*

Test slope. Skier to the bottom left

Shooting crack observed right after test slope failed

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