| Trigger | Natural | Remote Trigger | Unknown |
| Avalanche Type | Unknown | Aspect | East |
| Elevation | unknown | Slope Angle | unknown |
| Crown Depth | unknown | Width | unknown |
| Vertical Run | unknown |
Avalanche: Turnagain
Location: Guard Rail- Following Magnum Common Skintrack
APU Snow Science class went out at 0930 to look at recent storm activity.
Avalanche Details
Witnessed active slide on E aspect across the valley from Magnum.
Heard several avalanches but could not see where they were located.
Obvious signs of instability
| Recent Avalanches? | Yes |
| Collapsing (Whumphing)? | No |
| Cracking (Shooting cracks)? | No |
Observer Comments
There was 48 cm of new snow accumulation as well as recent high to moderate winds. It was also very moist snow which shows rapid thawing in the past few days.
Weather
OVC and RM in the morning; BKN and S-1 in the afternoon. Temperatures hovered around freezing. Light winds with strong gusts coming from the NE
Snow surface
Very moist new snow surface. Surface temps reached -1C
Snowpack
At 1200' at the base of Magnum on W aspect we built 4 pits and had two with reactive results.
Total snowpack height was 225cm.
ECT14 @ 70cm down
CT 13 SC @80cm down
CT23 SP @ 75cm down
The layer of concern was BSH from 3.16 @ 70cm down.
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