| Trigger | Snowmachiner | Remote Trigger | 0 |
| Avalanche Type | 0 | Aspect | Southeast |
| Elevation | 2300ft | Slope Angle | 33deg |
| Crown Depth | 24in | Width | 250ft |
| Vertical Run | 200ft |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: God's Country (Front side of Seattle ridge, N of the up track)
Motorized lot to Seattle ridge weather station. Kept riding North along the ridge and dropped in to God’s Country to investigate a reported snowmachine triggered slab avalanche from yesterday.
Avalanche Details
Snowmo triggerd yesterday. Soft slab with debris piling up 8-10' deep (as noted yesterday) on a small depression. Slope was 33 degress at the trigger point. Other adjacent slopes were steeper with a lot of snowmachine traffic and no avalanches.
Observer Comments
Relatively fresh glide crack noted lookers left of Widow Maker.
Weather
Calm winds. Clearing skies, no new precip. Temps were 14 degrees at 1,000' and 17 degrees at 2400'. Very pleasant day!
Snow surface
6-10" of soft powder on top of a supportable slab at mid and upper elevations. 5-10 mm surface hoar formed overnight from 1,000' up.
18-24" of low density powder on top of supportable crust at 1,000'. It's DEEP just outside of the parking lot.
Snowpack
No formal stability tests today. Watched a lot of skiers and snowmachiners on the backside of Seattle ridge test steep terrain without incident. Main concern seemed to be loose snow sluffs were easy to initiate though only low to moderate in volume. Sluffs were fast moving as our surface is so unconsolidated right now.
5-10 mm surface hoar found at 2400' on Seattle ridge.
We were able to take care of some overdue maintenance on the Seattle ridge weather station today!
Glide cracks are still opening in the Seattle creek drainage, This opened sometime in the last week, just lookers left of Widow Maker.
Lots of tracks on Widow Maker, Lots of loose snow sluffs.
Soft slab avalanche on Sunny side, God's Country. Crown was measured to be 1-3' deep. 33 degree slope.
Quick and dirty crown profile. Weak layer appeared to be small facets from the early December cold and clear spell.